<P> 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 . </P> <Ul> <Li> USS New Mexico (BB - 40) </Li> <Li> USS Mississippi (BB - 41) </Li> <Li> USS Idaho (BB - 42) </Li> <Li> USS Colorado (BB - 45) </Li> <Li> USS West Virginia (BB - 48) </Li> <Li> USS Iowa (BB - 61) (sister ship of USS Missouri and lead ship of the class) </Li> <Li> USS Missouri (BB - 63) (The ship on which the surrender was signed) </Li> <Li> 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) </Li> <Li> USS South Dakota (BB - 57) </Li> <Li> HMS Duke of York (17) </Li> <Li> HMS Anson (79) </Li> <Li> HMS King George V (41) </Li> </Ul>

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