 The first strike was launched on 10 July against airfields and installations in the vicinity of Tokyo.Temporarily detached on 23 July 1945, "Rowe" participated in the bombardment of the town of Omura on Chichi Jima, then rejoined the carrier force.When the official Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945, "Rowe" was still steaming with Task Group 38.4 (TG 38.4) in a patrol area east of Honshū Island, while the group's planes performed air observation missions over prisoner of war camps.