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 (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.

Battleships

USS 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

USS Bataan (CVL-29)^[1]
USS Cowpens (CVL-25)
USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)

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 Saint Paul (CA-73)
HMAS Shropshire (73)

Light cruisers

USS 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

USS 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

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)
USS Charles Lawrence (DE-53)
USS John L Williamson (DE-370)

Frigates

HMS Derg (K257)
HMAS Gascoyne (K354)
HMS Woodcock (U90)^[6]

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

USS PC-466
USS PCE(R)-849
USS PCE(R)-848
USS PCE(R)-850
USS PCE(C)-877

Motor gunboats

USS PGM-16
USS PGM-26
USS PGM-32

Minesweepers

HMAS 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

Numbered 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-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 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

USS 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-1139

Dock landing ships

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

Infantry landing craft

USS 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)-798

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

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 S. D. 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 Yancey (AKA-93)

Cargo ships

USS Lesuth (AK-125)

Civilian cargo ships (United States)

SS St. Lawrence Victory
SS 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)^[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)

Carelia
City of Dieppe
Dingledale
Fort Wrangell
Wave King

Gasoline tanker

USS Genesee (AOG-8)

Destroyer tender

USS Piedmont (AD-17)

Hospital ships

USS Rescue (AH-18)
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

USS ATA-205

Footnotes

^ 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

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."
U.S. Naval Historical Center - Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945