List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender
These ships of the Allied navies of World War II were present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on board the battleship. The only two US vessels present at both the Pearl Harbor attack and Tokyo Bay surrender were the USS West Virginia and the'' USS Detroit.
[Battleship]s
Light [aircraft carrier]s
[escort [aircraft carrier|Escort carrier]]s
[Heavy cruiser]s
[Light cruiser]s
- USS Detroit
- HMNZS Gambia
- HMAS Hobart
- USS Oakland
- USS Pasadena
- USS San Diego
- USS Springfield
- USS Wilkes-Barre
[Destroyer]s
- USS Ault
- HMS Barfleur
- USS Benham
- USS Blue
- USS Buchanan
- USS Caperton
- USS Charles F. Hughes
- USS Clarence K. Bronson
- USS Cogswell
- USS Colahan
- USS Cotten
- USS Cushing
- USS De Haven
- USS Dortch
- USS Frank Knox
- USS Gatling
- USS Halsey Powell
- USS Healy
- USS Hilary P. Jones
- USS Ingersoll
- USS Kalk
- USS Knapp
- USS Lansdowne
- USS Lardner
- USS Madison
- USS Mayo
- HMAS Napier
- HMAS Nizam
- USS Nicholas
- USS Perkins
- HMS Quality
- USS Robert K. Huntington
- USS Southerland
- USS Stockham
- HMS Tartar
- USS Taylor
- HMS Teazer
- HMS Tenacious
- HMS Terpsichore
- USS Twining
- USS Uhlmann
- USS Wadleigh
[Destroyer escort]s
- USS Goss
- USS Kendall C. Campbell
- USS Lyman
- USS Major
- USS Roberts
- USS Ulvert M. Moore
- USS Waterman
- USS Weaver
- USS William Seiverling
- USS Charles Lawrence
[Frigate]s
Sloop">Sloop-of-war">Sloops
Light [minelayer]s
High speed minesweeper">Minesweeper (ship)">minesweepers
- USS Ellyson
- USS Fitch
- USS Gherardi
- USS Hambleton
- USS Hopkins
- USS Jeffers
- USS Macomb
[Submarine]s
- USS Archerfish
- USS Cavalla
- USS Gato
- USS Haddo
- USS Hake
- USS Muskallunge
- USS Pilotfish
- USS Razorback
- USS Runner
- USS Sea Cat
- USS Segundo
[Submarine chaser]s
- USS PCE-877
Motor [gunboat]s
Minesweeper">Minesweeper (ship)">Minesweepers
- HMAS Ballarat
- HMAS Cessnock
- HMAS Ipswich
- USS Pheasant
- HMAS Pirie
- USS Pochard
- USS Revenge
- USS Token
- USS Tumult
Motor minesweepers
Auxiliary minelayers
Amphibious force flagships
High speed transports
- USS Barr
- USS Begor
- USS Burke
- USS Gosselin
- USS Hollis
- USS Horace A. Bass
- USS John Q. Roberts
- USS Pavlic
- USS Reeves
- USS Runels
- USS Sims
- USS Wantuck
- USS William J. Pattison
[Tank landing ship]s
[Dock landing ship]s
Infantry landing craft
Medium landing ships
- USS LSM-13
- USS LSM-15
- USS LSM-71
- USS LSM-101
- USS LSM-208
- USS LSM-252
- USS LSM-284
- USS LSM-290
- USS LSM-362
- USS LSM-368
- USS LSM-371
- USS LSM-419
- USS LSM-488
- USS LSM-180 ?
Vehicle landing ships
Attack transports
- USS Bosque
- USS Botetourt
- USS Briscoe
- USS Cecil
- USS Clearfield
- USS Cullman
- USS Darke
- USS Dauphin
- USS Deuel
- USS Dickens
- USS Hansford
- USS Highlands
- USS Lavaca
- USS Lenawee
- USS Mellette
- USS Missoula
- USS Rutland
- USS St. Mary's
- USS Sherburne
- USS Sheridan
- USS Talladega
Transport
Attack cargo ships
- USS Libra
- USS Medea
- USS Pamina
- USS Sirona
- USS Skagit
- USS Todd
- USS Tolland
- USS Whiteside
- USS Yancey
Cargo ships
Civilian cargo ships (United States)
Stores issue ship
Repair ship
Landing craft repair ship
Oilers
- USS Chiwawa
- USS Mascoma
- USS Neches
- USS Niobrara
- USS Tamalpais
Civilian oilers (British)
- Carelia
- City of Dieppe
- Dingledale
- Fort Wrangell
- Wave King
[Gasoline] tanker">Tanker (ship)">tanker
Destroyer tender
[Hospital ship]s
- USS Rescue
- USAHS Marigold
- HNLMS Tjitjalengka''
[Seaplane tender]s
Small seaplane tenders
[Submarine tender]
Submarine rescue ship
Fleet ocean tugs
Auxiliary ocean tug
Footnotes