^USS Hughes (DD-410) is listed in the official report as being present for the surrender, but according to the ship's deck log was crossing the international date line en route to Japan at the time. A different ship, USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428), was sweeping mines that morning. At 10:27 the ship passed Ashika Light. At 10:30 the war ended. At 10:44 the ship made preparations for entering the port and anchored at 12:21 in Tokyo Bay.
^Lansdowne was listed as DD-468 in original source. USS Taylor (DD-468) was also present.
^Personal account of Hyrum Richard Willis, gunners mate LST-707
^Listed in original source as present but ship's War Diary says she was in Buckner Bay, Okinawa
^Listed in the History of The USS Mattaponi published at (www.mattaponi.tripod.com/history.html)
Referencesedit
Source: Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPAC/CINCPOA) A16-3/FF12 Serial 0395, 11 February 1946: "Report of Surrender and Occupation of Japan."
January 01, 1970
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These ships of the Allied navies of World War II were present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day 2 September 1945 when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on board the battleship USS Missouri BB 63 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 Contents 1 Battleships 2 Light aircraft carriers 3 Escort carriers 4 Heavy cruisers 5 Light cruisers 6 Destroyers 7 Destroyer escorts 8 Frigates 9 Sloops 10 Light minelayers 11 High speed minesweepers 12 Submarines 13 Submarine chasers 14 Motor gunboats 15 Minesweepers 16 Motor minesweepers 17 Auxiliary minelayers 18 Amphibious force flagships 19 High speed transports 20 Tank landing ships 21 Dock landing ships 22 Infantry landing craft 23 Medium landing ships 24 Vehicle landing ships 25 Attack transports 26 Transport 27 Attack cargo ships 28 Cargo ships 29 Civilian cargo ships United States 30 Stores issue ship 31 Repair ship 32 Landing craft repair ship 33 Oilers 34 Civilian oilers British 35 Gasoline tanker 36 Destroyer tender 37 Hospital ships 38 Seaplane tenders 39 Small seaplane tenders 40 Submarine tender 41 Submarine rescue ship 42 Fleet ocean tugs 43 Auxiliary ocean tug 44 Footnotes 45 ReferencesBattleships editUSS New Mexico BB 40 USS Mississippi BB 41 USS Idaho BB 42 USS Colorado BB 45 USS West Virginia BB 48 USS Iowa BB 61 sister ship of USS Missouri and lead ship of the class USS Missouri BB 63 The ship on which the surrender was signed USS South Dakota BB 57 HMS Duke of York 17 HMS King George V 41 Light aircraft carriers editUSS Bataan CVL 29 1 USS Cowpens CVL 25 USS San Jacinto CVL 30 Escort carriers editHMS Ruler D72 USS Salamaua CVE 96 HMS Speaker D90 Heavy cruisers editUSS Boston CA 69 USS Chicago CA 136 USS Quincy CA 71 USS Saint Paul CA 73 HMAS Shropshire 73 Light cruisers editUSS Detroit CL 8 HMNZS Gambia 48 HMAS Hobart I63 HMS Newfoundland C59 USS Oakland CL 95 USS Pasadena CL 65 USS San Diego CL 53 USS San Juan CL 54 USS Springfield CL 66 USS Wilkes Barre CL 103 Destroyers editUSS Ault DD 698 HMS Barfleur D80 USS Benham DD 796 USS Blue DD 744 USS Buchanan DD 484 2 USS Caperton DD 650 USS Charles F Hughes DD 428 3 USS Clarence K Bronson DD 668 USS Cogswell DD 651 USS Colahan DD 658 USS Cotten DD 669 USS Cushing DD 797 USS De Haven DD 727 USS Dortch DD 670 USS Frank Knox DD 742 USS Gatling DD 671 USS Halsey Powell DD 686 USS Healy DD 672 USS Hilary P Jones DD 427 USS Ingersoll DD 652 USS Kalk DD 611 USS Knapp DD 653 USS Lansdowne DD 486 4 USS Lardner DD 487 USS Madison DD 425 USS Mayo DD 422 HMAS Napier G97 HMAS Nizam G38 USS Nicholas DD 449 USS Perkins DD 877 HMS Quality G62 USS Robert K Huntington DD 781 USS Southerland DD 743 USS Stockham DD 683 HMS Tartar F43 USS Taylor DD 468 HMS Teazer R23 HMS Tenacious R45 HMS Terpsichore R33 USS Twining DD 540 USS Uhlmann DD 687 USS Wadleigh DD 689 HMS Wager R98 USS Waldron DD 699 USS Wallace L Lind DD 703 HMAS Warramunga I44 USS Wedderburn DD 684 HMS Whelp R37 HMS Wizard R72 USS Wren DD 568 USS Yarnall DD 541 5 Destroyer escorts editUSS Goss DE 444 USS Kendall C Campbell DE 443 USS Lyman DE 302 USS Major DE 796 USS Roberts DE 749 USS Ulvert M Moore DE 442 USS Waterman DE 740 USS Weaver DE 741 USS William Seiverling DE 441 USS Charles Lawrence DE 53 USS John L Williamson DE 370 Frigates editHMS Derg K257 HMAS Gascoyne K354 HMS Woodcock U90 6 Sloops editHMS Crane U23 HMS Whimbrel U29 Light minelayers editUSS Gwin DM 33 USS Thomas E Fraser DM 24 High speed minesweepers editUSS Ellyson DMS 19 USS Fitch DMS 25 USS Gherardi DMS 30 USS Hambleton DMS 20 USS Hopkins DMS 13 USS Jeffers DMS 27 USS Macomb DMS 23 Submarines editUSS Archerfish SS 311 USS Cavalla SS 244 USS Gato SS 212 USS Haddo SS 255 USS Hake SS 256 USS Muskallunge SS 262 USS Pilotfish SS 386 USS Razorback SS 394 USS Runner SS 476 USS Sea Cat SS 399 USS Segundo SS 398 USS Tigrone SS 419 Submarine chasers editUSS PC 466 USS PCE R 849 USS PCE R 848 USS PCE R 850 USS PCE C 877Motor gunboats editUSS PGM 16 USS PGM 26 USS PGM 32Minesweepers editHMAS Ballarat J184 7 HMAS Cessnock J175 HMAS Ipswich J186 USS Pheasant AM 61 HMAS Pirie J189 USS Pochard AM 375 USS Revenge AM 110 USS Token AM 126 USS Tumult AM 127 Motor minesweepers editNumbered ships named and reclassified in 1947 USS YMS 177 USS YMS 268 USS YMS 276 USS YMS 343 USS YMS 362 USS YMS 371 USS YMS 390 USS YMS 415 USS YMS 426 USS YMS 441 USS YMS 461 USS YMS 467Auxiliary minelayers editUSS Picket ACM 8 Amphibious force flagships editUSS Ancon AGC 4 USS Mount Olympus AGC 8 USS Teton AGC 14 High speed transports editUSS Barr APD 39 USS Begor APD 127 USS Burke APD 65 USS Gosselin APD 126 USS Hollis APD 86 USS Horace A Bass APD 124 USS John Q Roberts APD 94 USS Pavlic APD 70 USS Reeves APD 52 USS Runels APD 85 USS Sims APD 50 USS Wantuck APD 125 USS William J Pattison APD 104 Tank landing ships editUSS LST 567 USS LST 648 USS LST 707 8 USS LST 717 USS LST 718 USS LST 789 USS LST 846 USS LST 1083 USS LST 1139Dock landing ships editUSS Catamount LSD 17 USS Shadwell LSD 15 Infantry landing craft editUSS LCI L 438 USS LCI L 441 USS LCI L 450 USS LCI L 457 USS LCI L 458 USS LCI L 469 USS LCI L 726 USS LCI L 752 USS LCI L 798Medium landing ships editUSS 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 editUSS Monitor LSV 5 USS Ozark LSV 2 Attack transports editUSS Bosque APA 135 USS Botetourt APA 136 USS Briscoe APA 65 USS Cecil APA 96 USS Clearfield APA 142 USS Cullman APA 78 USS Darke APA 159 USS Dauphin APA 97 USS Deuel APA 160 USS Dickens APA 161 USS Hansford APA 106 USS Highlands APA 119 USS Lavaca APA 180 USS Lenawee APA 195 USS Mellette APA 156 USS Missoula APA 211 USS Rutland APA 192 USS St Mary s APA 126 USS Sherburne APA 205 USS Sheridan APA 51 USS Talladega APA 208 Transport editUSS General S D Sturgis AP 137 Attack cargo ships editUSS Libra AKA 12 USS Medea AKA 31 USS Pamina AKA 34 USS Sirona AKA 43 USS Skagit AKA 105 USS Todd AKA 71 USS Tolland AKA 64 USS Whiteside AKA 90 USS Yancey AKA 93 Cargo ships editUSS Lesuth AK 125 Civilian cargo ships United States editSS St Lawrence Victory SS Winthrop VictoryStores issue ship editUSS Cybele AKS 10 Repair ship editUSS Delta AR 9 Landing craft repair ship editUSS Patroclus ARL 19 Oilers editUSS Chiwawa AO 68 9 USS Mascoma AO 83 USS Neches AO 47 USS Niobrara AO 72 USS Tamalpais AO 96 USS Mattaponi AO 41 10 Civilian oilers British editCarelia City of Dieppe Dingledale Fort Wrangell Wave KingGasoline tanker editUSS Genesee AOG 8 Destroyer tender editUSS Piedmont AD 17 Hospital ships editUSS Rescue AH 18 USS Benevolence AH 13 USAHS Marigold U S Army HNLMS Tjitjalengka Dutch Seaplane tenders editUSS Cumberland Sound AV 17 USS Hamlin AV 15 Small seaplane tenders editUSS Gardiners Bay AVP 39 USS Mackinac AVP 13 USS Suisun AVP 53 Submarine tender editUSS Proteus AS 19 Submarine rescue ship editUSS Greenlet ASR 10 Fleet ocean tugs editUSS Moctobi ATF 105 USS Wenatchee ATF 118 Auxiliary ocean tug editUSS ATA 205Footnotes edit Listed in original source as present but ship s War Diary says she was at sea with the carrier force south of Japan Spelled Buchanon in original source USS Hughes DD 410 is listed in the official report as being present for the surrender but according to the ship s deck log was crossing the international date line en route to Japan at the time A different ship USS Charles F Hughes DD 428 was sweeping mines that morning At 10 27 the ship passed Ashika Light At 10 30 the war ended At 10 44 the ship made preparations for entering the port and anchored at 12 21 in Tokyo Bay Lansdowne was listed as DD 468 in original source USS Taylor DD 468 was also present Spelled Yarnell in original source USS Woodcock ATO 145 is listed in the report but that ship spent World War II in Central and South American waters Ballarat is listed as K 34 in original source Personal account of Hyrum Richard Willis gunners mate LST 707 Listed in original source as present but ship s War Diary says she was in Buckner Bay Okinawa Listed in the History of The USS Mattaponi published at www mattaponi tripod com history html References editSource Commander in Chief U S Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas CINCPAC CINCPOA A16 3 FF12 Serial 0395 11 February 1946 Report of Surrender and Occupation of Japan U S Naval Historical Center Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony 2 September 1945 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender amp oldid 1180021922, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
