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  2. List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. USS Missouri (BB-63) - Wikipedia

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    USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States.

  4. File:USS Missouri (BB-63) flyover, Tokyo Bay, 2 September ...

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    English: Surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945: U.S. Navy carrier planes fly in formation over the U.S. and British fleets in Tokyo Bay during surrender ceremonies. The battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), where the ceremonies took place, is at left. The light cruiser USS Detroit (CL-8) is in the right distance.

  5. These Star-Telegram reporters told the stories of Texans in ...

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    The three Star-Telegram correspondents were in attendance during the final moments of the war aboard the USS Missouri, marked by the signing of the surrender terms by Japan on Sept. 2, 1945.

  6. Japanese Instrument of Surrender - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that formalized the surrender of the Empire of Japan, marking the end of hostilities in World War II.It was signed by representatives from the Empire of Japan and from the Allied nations: the United States of America, the Republic of China, [note 1] the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Union of Soviet ...

  7. Mamoru Shigemitsu - Wikipedia

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    Shigemitsu (with cane) on board USS Missouri, September 2, 1945 Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender at the end of World War II, accompanied by Toshikazu Kase (right). Mamoru Shigemitsu ( 重光 葵 , Shigemitsu Mamoru , July 29, 1887 – January 26, 1957) was a Japanese diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three ...

  8. Victory over Japan Day - Wikipedia

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    On 2 September 1945, formal surrender occurred aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. In Japan , 15 August usually is known as the " memorial day for the end of the war " ( 終戦記念日 , Shūsen-kinenbi ) ; the official name for the day, however, is "the day for mourning of war dead and praying for peace" ( 戦没者を追悼し ...

  9. Surrender of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The formal surrender occurred on 2 September 1945, around 9 a.m. Tokyo time, when Japanese representatives signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Tokyo Bay aboard USS Missouri, accompanied by around 250 other allied vessels, including British and Australian navy vessels and a Dutch hospital ship. [165]