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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. 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]

  4. 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 ...

  5. HMS Whimbrel (U29) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Whimbrel is the last surviving Royal Navy warship to have been present at the Surrender of Japan in World War II. She was a sloop of the Black Swan -class , laid down on 31 October 1941 to the pennant number of U29 at the famed yards of Yarrow Shipbuilders , Scotstoun , Glasgow .

  6. Category:Surrender of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Surrender of Japan" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender; H.

  7. List of Japanese Navy ships and war vessels in World War II

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    After that captured again by IJN in May 1945 after Nazi-Germany's surrender. I-505-class: Submarine: I-505: 1,763 tonnes Was German Kriegsmarine submarine under the name U-219, until given to Japan May 1945. I-506-class: Submarine: I-506: 1,610 tonnes Was German Kriegsmarine submarine under the name U-195, until given to Japan May 1945. Ro-11 ...

  8. Task Force 31 - Wikipedia

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    After the delivery of the Marine occupation forces, TF 31 transport assets departed on 1 September to transport additional occupation troops. After the formal surrender of Japan on 1945-09-02, Task Force 31 had completed its mission. By 6 September all Navy personnel and ships' Marine detachments had returned to their ships from shore duties.

  9. Attack on Yokosuka - Wikipedia

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    At the time of the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945 Nagato was the only IJN battleship still afloat. [21] On 30 August the ship was surrendered to the U.S. Navy. She was one of the target ships for the two atomic bomb tests conducted at Bikini Atoll on 1 and 28 July 1946 during Operation Crossroads, and sank there during the night of 29 ...