List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender

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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).

Contents

[edit] Battleships

[edit] Light aircraft carriers

[edit] Escort carriers

[edit] Heavy cruisers

[edit] Light cruisers

[edit] Destroyers

[edit] 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)

[edit] Frigates

[edit] Sloops

[edit] Light minelayers

[edit] High speed minesweepers

[edit] Submarines

[edit] 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

[edit] Motor gunboats

  • PGM-16
  • PGM-26
  • PGM-32

[edit] Minesweepers

[edit] 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

[edit] Auxiliary minelayers

  • USS Picket (ACM-8)

[edit] Amphibious force flagships

[edit] High speed transports

[edit] 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

[edit] Dock landing ships

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Vehicle landing ships

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

[edit] Attack transports

[edit] Transport

  • USS General Sturgis (AP-137)

[edit] Attack cargo ships

[edit] Cargo ships

  • USS Lesuth (AK-125)

[edit] Civilian cargo ships (United States)

  • SS St. Lawrence Victory
  • SS Winthrop Victory

[edit] Stores issue ship

  • USS Cybele (AKS-10)

[edit] Repair ship

  • USS Delta (AR-9)

[edit] Landing craft repair ship

  • USS Patroclus (ARL-19)

[edit] Oilers

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

[edit] Civilian oilers (British)

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

[edit] Gasoline tanker

  • USS Genesee (AOG-8)

[edit] Destroyer tender

  • USS Piedmont (AD-17)

[edit] Hospital ships

[edit] Seaplane tenders

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

[edit] Small seaplane tenders

[edit] Submarine tender

[edit] Submarine rescue ship

  • USS Greenlet (ASR-10)

[edit] Fleet ocean tugs

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

[edit] Auxiliary ocean tug

This ship was not given a name until 1955.

  • ATA-205, became USS Sciota

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Spelled Buchanon in original source
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Lansdowne was listed as DD-468 in original source. USS Taylor (DD-468) was also present.
  4. ^ Spelled Yarnell in original source
  5. ^ USS Woodcock (ATO-145) is listed in the report, but that ship spent World War II in Central and South American waters.
  6. ^ Ballarat is listed as K.34 in original source.

[edit] References

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