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 . 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 (sister ship of USS Missouri and lead ship of the class) (The ship on which the surrender was signed) Light aircraft carriers Escort carriers Heavy cruisers Light cruisers USS Detroit (CL-8) HMNZS Gambia (48) HMAS Hobart (I63) USS Oakland (CL-95) USS Pasadena (CL-65) USS San Diego (CL-53) 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) 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 Sloops Light minelayers 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) Submarine chasers USS PCE(C)-877 Motor gunboats 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