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). 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.
- 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
Escort carriers
Heavy cruisers
Light cruisers
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]
Escort Destroyers
Frigates
Sloops
Light minelayers
High speed minesweepers
Submarines
Submarine chasers
Motor gunboats
Minesweepers
Motor minesweepers
Numbered ships named and reclassified in 1947
Auxiliary minelayers
Amphibious force flagships
High speed transports
Tank landing ships
Dock landing ships
Infantry landing craft
Medium landing ships
Vehicle landing ships
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
Attack cargo ships
Cargo ships
Civilian cargo ships (United States)
Stores issue ship
Repair ship
Landing craft repair ship
Oilers
Civilian oilers (British)
- Carelia
- City of Dieppe
- Dingledale
- Fort Wrangell
- Wave King
Gasoline tanker
Destroyer tender
Hospital ships
- USS Rescue (AH-18)
- USS Benevolence (AH-13)
- USAHS Marigold (U.S. Army)
- HNLMS Tjitjalengka (Dutch)