List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender - wikipedia 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 US vessel present at both the Pearl Harbor attack and Tokyo Bay surrender was the USS West Virginia. 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 References 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 Wisconsin ( BB - 64 ) ( Wisconsin, as part of the occupying force, arrived at Tokyo Bay on 5 September, three days after the formal surrender occurred on Missouri ) USS South Dakota ( BB - 57 ) HMS Duke of York ( 17 ) HMS Anson ( 79 ) HMS King George V ( 41 ) 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 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 ) 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 - 486 ) 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 ) Destroyer escorts USS BURKE ( DE-215 / APD - 65 ) 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 ) HMS Woodcock ( U90 ) 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 - 877 Motor gunboats USS PGM - 16 USS PGM - 26 USS PGM - 32 Minesweepers HMAS Ballarat ( J184 ) 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 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 ) USS Mascoma ( AO - 83 ) USS Neches ( AO - 47 ) USS Niobrara ( AO - 72 ) USS Tamalpais ( AO - 96 ) 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 Jump up ^ Listed in original source as present but ship 's War Diary says she was at sea with the carrier force south of Japan Jump up ^ Spelled Buchanon in original source Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ Lansdowne was listed as DD - 468 in original source. USS Taylor ( DD - 468 ) was also present. Jump up ^ Spelled Yarnell in original source Jump up ^ USS Woodcock ( ATO - 145 ) is listed in the report, but that ship spent World War II in Central and South American waters. Jump up ^ Ballarat is listed as K. 34 in original source. Jump up ^ Personal account of Hyrum Richard Willis, gunners mate LST - 707 Jump up ^ Listed in original source as present but ship 's War Diary says she was in Buckner Bay, Okinawa 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 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Allied_ships_at_the_Japanese_surrender&oldid=849036541 '' Categories : Lists of World War II ships Japan in World War II - related lists Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 6 July 2018, at 02 : 10 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: what ship was the surrender of japan signed on
Answer: USS Missouri (BB-63)