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).

Battleships

• USS Colorado (BB-45)
• MS Duke of York (17)
• USS Idaho (BB-42)
• USS Iowa (BB-61)
• HMS King George V (41)
• USS Mississippi (BB-41)
• USS Missouri (BB-63)
• USS New Mexico (BB-40)
• USS South Dakota (BB-57)
• USS West Virginia (BB-48)

Light aircraft carriers

• USS Bataan (CVL-29)
• USS Cowpens (CVL-25)

Escort carriers

• HMS Ruler (D72)
• USS Salamaua (CVE-96)
• HMS Speaker (D90)

Heavy cruisers

• USS Boston (CA-69)
• USS Chicago (CA-136)
• USS Quincy (CA-71)
• USS St. Paul (CA-73)
• HMAS Shropshire (96)

Light cruisers

• USS Detroit (CL-8)
• HMNZS Gambia (48)
• HMAS Hobart (I63)
• HMS Newfoundland (59)
• 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

• USS Ault (DD-698)
• USS Benham (DD-796)
• USS Blue (DD-744)
• USS Buchanon (DD-484)
• USS Caperton (DD-650)
• USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428) †
• 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-468)
• 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)
• 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 Wallace L. Lind (DD-703)
• USS Wedderburn (DD-684)
• HMS Whelp (R37)
• HMS Wizard (R72)
• USS Wren (DD-568)
• USS Yarnell (DD-541)
• HMAS Warramunga (I44)

† 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 enroute 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.

Destroyer escorts

• USS 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)

Frigates

• HMS Derg (K257)
• HMAS Gascoyne (K354)

Sloops

• HMS Crane (U23)
• HMS Whimbrel (U29)

Light minelayers

• USS Gwin (DM-33)
• USS Thomas E. Fraser (DM-24)

High speed minesweepers

• USS 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

• USS 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

These ships were not given names until 1956.

• PC-466, became USS Carmil
• PCE(R)-849, became USS Somersworth
• PCE(R)-848
• PCE(R)-850, became USS Fairview
• PCE-877, became USS Havre

Motor gunboats

• PGM-16
• PGM-26
• PGM-32

Minesweepers

• HMAS Ballarat (K34)
• 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

• Numbered ships named and reclassified in 1947

• YMS-177
• YMS-268
• YMS-276
• YMS-343
• YMS-362, became USS Hawk (AMS-17)
• YMS-371, became USS Hornbill (AMS-19)
• YMS-390
• YMS-415
• YMS-426
• YMS-441, became USS Pelican (AMS-32)
• YMS-461, became USS Swallow (AMS-36)
• YMS-467

Auxiliary minelayers

• USS Picket (ACM-8)

Amphibious force flagships

• USS Ancon (AGC-4)
• USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8)
• USS Teton (AGC-14)

High speed transports

• USS Barr (APD-39)
• 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 M. Pattison (APD-104)

Tank landing ships

These ships were not given names until 1955.

• LST-567
• LST-648
• LST-717
• LST-718
• LST-789
• LST-846, became USS Jennings County
• LST-1083, became USS Plumas County
• LST-1139

Dock landing ships

• USS Catamount (LSD-17)
• USS Shadwell (LSD-15)

Infantry landing craft

• LCI(L)-438
• LCI(L)-441
• LCI(L)-450
• LCI(L)-457
• LCI(L)-458
• LCI(L)-469
• LCI(L)-726
• LCI(L)-752
• LCI(L)-798

Medium landing ships

• LSM-13
• LSM-15
• LSM-71
• LSM-101
• LSM-208
• LSM-252
• LSM-284
• LSM-290
• LSM-362
• LSM-368
• LSM-371
• LSM-419
• LSM-488

Vehicle landing ships

• USS Monitor (LSV-5)
• USS Ozark (LSV-2)

Attack transports

• USS 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

• USS General Sturgis (AP-137)

Attack cargo ships

• USS 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 Yancy (AKA-93)

Cargo ships

• USS Lesuth (AK-125)

Civilian cargo ships (United States)

• St. Lawrence Victory
• Winthrop Victory

Stores issue ship

• USS Cybele (AKS-10)

Repair ship

• USS Delta (AR-9)

Landing craft repair ship

• USS Patroclus (ARL-19)

Oilers

• USS Chiwawa (AO-68)
• USS Mascoma (AO-83)
• USS Neches (AO-47)
• USS Niobrara (AO-72)
• USS Tamalpais (AO-96)

Civilian oilers

• Carelia
• City of Dieppe
• Dingledale
• Fort Wrangell
• Wave King

Gasoline tanker

• USS Genesee (AOG-8)

Destroyer tender

• USS Piedmont (AD-17)

Hospital ships

• USS Benevolence (AH-13)
• USAHS Marigold (U.S. Army)
• HNLMS Tjitjalengka (Dutch)

Seaplane tenders

• USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17)
• USS Hamlin (AV-15)

Small seaplane tenders

• USS Gardiners Bay (AVP-39)
• USS Mackinac (AVP-13)
• USS Suisun (AVP-53)

Submarine tender

• USS Proteus (AS-19)

Submarine rescue ship

• USS Greenlet (ASR-10)

Fleet ocean tugs

• USS Moctobi (ATF-105)
• USS Wenatchee (ATF-118)

Auxiliary ocean tug

This ship was not given a name until 1955.

• ATA-205, became USS Sciota

Old ocean tug

• USS Woodcock (ATO-145)

References

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."