These ships of the Allied navies of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
were present in
Tokyo Bay
is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan, and spans the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture. Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel. The Tokyo Bay region is both the most populou ...
on
Victory over Japan Day
Victory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. The term has been applied to both of the days on ...
(2 September 1945) when the
Japanese Instrument of Surrender
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 ...
was signed on board the
battleship
A battleship is a large armour, armored warship with a main artillery battery, battery consisting of large caliber guns. It dominated naval warfare in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The term ''battleship'' came into use in the late 1 ...
. 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 .
Battleship
A battleship is a large armour, armored warship with a main artillery battery, battery consisting of large caliber guns. It dominated naval warfare in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The term ''battleship'' came into use in the late 1 ...
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Light
aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a ...
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Escort carrier
The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (U.S. hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy (USN) or "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slow type of aircraft ...
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Heavy cruiser
The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in caliber, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval T ...
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Light cruiser
A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck. Prior to th ...
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USS ''Detroit'' (CL-8)
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HMNZS ''Gambia'' (48)
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HMAS ''Hobart'' (I63)
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USS ''Oakland'' (CL-95)
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USS ''Pasadena'' (CL-65)
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USS ''San Diego'' (CL-53)
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USS ''Springfield'' (CL-66)
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USS ''Wilkes-Barre'' (CL-103)
Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort
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USS ''Ault'' (DD-698)
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HMS ''Barfleur'' (D80)
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USS ''Benham'' (DD-796)
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USS ''Blue'' (DD-744)
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USS ''Buchanan'' (DD-484)
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USS ''Caperton'' (DD-650)
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USS ''Charles F. Hughes'' (DD-428)
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USS ''Clarence K. Bronson'' (DD-668)
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USS ''Cogswell'' (DD-651)
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USS ''Colahan'' (DD-658)
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USS ''Cotten'' (DD-669)
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USS ''Cushing'' (DD-797)
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USS ''De Haven'' (DD-727)
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USS ''Dortch'' (DD-670)
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USS ''Frank Knox'' (DD-742)
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USS ''Gatling'' (DD-671)
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USS ''Halsey Powell'' (DD-686)
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USS ''Healy'' (DD-672)
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USS ''Hilary P. Jones'' (DD-427)
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USS ''Ingersoll'' (DD-652)
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USS ''Kalk'' (DD-611)
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USS ''Knapp'' (DD-653)
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USS ''Lansdowne'' (DD-486)
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USS ''Lardner'' (DD-487)
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USS ''Madison'' (DD-425)
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USS ''Mayo'' (DD-422)
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HMAS ''Napier'' (G97)
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HMAS ''Nizam'' (G38)
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USS ''Nicholas'' (DD-449)
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USS ''Perkins'' (DD-877)
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HMS ''Quality'' (G62)
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USS ''Robert K. Huntington'' (DD-781)
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USS ''Southerland'' (DD-743)
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USS ''Stockham'' (DD-683)
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HMS ''Tartar'' (F43)
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USS ''Taylor'' (DD-468)
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HMS ''Teazer'' (R23)
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HMS ''Tenacious'' (R45)
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HMS ''Terpsichore'' (R33)
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USS ''Twining'' (DD-540)
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USS ''Uhlmann'' (DD-687)
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USS ''Wadleigh'' (DD-689)
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Destroyer escort
Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a warship designed with the endurance necessary to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships.
Development of the destroyer escort was promoted by th ...
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USS ''Goss'' (DE-444)
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USS ''Kendall C. Campbell'' (DE-443)
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USS ''Lyman'' (DE-302)
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USS ''Major'' (DE-796)
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USS ''Roberts'' (DE-749)
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USS ''Ulvert M. Moore'' (DE-442)
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USS ''Waterman'' (DE-740)
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USS ''Weaver'' (DE-741)
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USS ''William Seiverling'' (DE-441)
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USS Charles Lawrence (DE-53)
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USS John L Williamson (DE-370)
Frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed an ...
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Sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
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Light
minelayer
A minelayer is any warship, submarine or military aircraft deploying explosive mines. Since World War I the term "minelayer" refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines. "Mine planting" was the term for installing control ...
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High speed
minesweeper
A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping.
History
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USS ''Ellyson'' (DMS-19)
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USS ''Fitch'' (DMS-25)
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USS ''Gherardi'' (DMS-30)
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USS ''Hambleton'' (DMS-20)
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USS ''Hopkins'' (DMS-13)
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USS ''Jeffers'' (DMS-27)
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USS ''Macomb'' (DMS-23)
Submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
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USS ''Archerfish'' (SS-311)
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USS ''Cavalla'' (SS-244)
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USS ''Gato'' (SS-212)
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USS ''Haddo'' (SS-255)
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USS ''Hake'' (SS-256)
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USS ''Muskallunge'' (SS-262)
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USS ''Pilotfish'' (SS-386)
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USS ''Razorback'' (SS-394)
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USS ''Runner'' (SS-476)
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USS ''Sea Cat'' (SS-399)
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USS ''Segundo'' (SS-398)
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Submarine chaser
A submarine chaser or subchaser is a small naval vessel that is specifically intended for anti-submarine warfare. Many of the American submarine chasers used in World War I found their way to Allied nations by way of Lend-Lease in World War I ...
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USS ''PCE(C)-877''
Motor
gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
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Minesweeper
A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping.
History
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HMAS ''Ballarat'' (J184)
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HMAS ''Cessnock'' (J175)
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HMAS ''Ipswich'' (J186)
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USS ''Pheasant'' (AM-61)
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HMAS ''Pirie'' (J189)
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USS ''Pochard'' (AM-375)
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USS ''Revenge'' (AM-110)
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USS ''Token'' (AM-126)
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USS ''Tumult'' (AM-127)
Motor minesweepers
Numbered ships named and reclassified in 1947
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Auxiliary minelayers
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Amphibious force flagships
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High speed transports
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USS ''Barr'' (APD-39)
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USS ''Begor'' (APD 127)
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USS ''Burke'' (APD-65)
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USS ''Gosselin'' (APD-126)
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USS ''Hollis'' (APD-86)
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USS ''Horace A. Bass'' (APD-124)
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USS ''John Q. Roberts'' (APD-94)
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USS ''Pavlic'' (APD-70)
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USS ''Reeves'' (APD-52)
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USS ''Runels'' (APD-85)
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USS ''Sims'' (APD-50)
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USS ''Wantuck'' (APD-125)
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USS ''William J. Pattison'' (APD-104)
Tank landing ships
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Dock landing ship
A dock landing ship (also called landing ship, dock or LSD) is an amphibious warfare ship with a well dock to transport and launch landing craft and amphibious vehicles. Some ships with well decks, such as the Soviet Ivan Rogov class, also hav ...
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Infantry landing craft
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Medium landing ships
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USS ''LSM-13''
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USS ''LSM-15''
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USS ''LSM-71''
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USS ''LSM-101''
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USS ''LSM-208''
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USS ''LSM-252''
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USS ''LSM-284''
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USS ''LSM-290''
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USS ''LSM-362''
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USS ''LSM-368''
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USS ''LSM-371''
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USS ''LSM-419''
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USS ''LSM-488''
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Vehicle landing ships
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Attack transports
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USS ''Bosque'' (APA-135)
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USS ''Botetourt'' (APA-136)
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USS ''Briscoe'' (APA-65)
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USS ''Cecil'' (APA-96)
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USS ''Clearfield'' (APA-142)
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USS ''Cullman'' (APA-78)
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USS ''Darke'' (APA-159)
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USS ''Dauphin'' (APA-97)
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USS ''Deuel'' (APA-160)
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USS ''Dickens'' (APA-161)
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USS ''Hansford'' (APA-106)
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USS ''Highlands'' (APA-119)
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USS ''Lavaca'' (APA-180)
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USS ''Lenawee'' (APA-195)
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USS ''Mellette'' (APA-156)
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USS ''Missoula'' (APA-211)
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USS ''Rutland'' (APA-192)
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USS ''St. Mary's'' (APA-126)
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USS ''Sherburne'' (APA-205)
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USS ''Sheridan'' (APA-51)
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USS ''Talladega'' (APA-208)
Transport
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Attack cargo ships
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USS ''Libra'' (AKA-12)
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USS ''Medea'' (AKA-31)
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USS ''Pamina'' (AKA-34)
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USS ''Sirona'' (AKA-43)
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USS ''Skagit'' (AKA-105)
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USS ''Todd'' (AKA-71)
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USS ''Tolland'' (AKA-64)
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USS ''Whiteside'' (AKA-90)
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USS ''Yancey'' (AKA-93)
Cargo ships
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Civilian cargo ships (United States)
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Stores issue ship
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Repair ship
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Landing craft repair ship
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Oilers
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USS ''Chiwawa'' (AO-68)
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USS ''Mascoma'' (AO-83)
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USS ''Neches'' (AO-47)
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USS ''Niobrara'' (AO-72)
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USS ''Tamalpais'' (AO-96)
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USS ''Mattaponi'' (AO-41)[Listed in the History of The USS Mattaponi published at (www.mattaponi.tripod.com/history.html)]
Civilian oilers (British)
* ''Carelia''
* ''City of Dieppe''
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''Dingledale''
* ''Fort Wrangell''
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''Wave King''
Gasoline
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tanker
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Destroyer tender
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Hospital ship
A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital. Most are operated by the military forces (mostly navies) of various countries, as they are intended to be used in or near war zones. I ...
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USAHS ''Marigold (U.S. Army)
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HNLMS ''Tjitjalengka'' (Dutch)
Seaplane tender
A seaplane tender is a boat or ship that supports the operation of seaplanes. Some of these vessels, known as seaplane carriers, could not only carry seaplanes but also provided all the facilities needed for their operation; these ships are rega ...
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Small seaplane tenders
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Submarine tender
A submarine tender is a type of depot ship that supplies and supports submarines.
Development
Submarines are small compared to most oceangoing vessels, and generally do not have the ability to carry large amounts of food, fuel, torpedoes, and ...
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Submarine rescue ship
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Fleet ocean tugs
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Auxiliary ocean tug
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Footnotes
References
Source: Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPAC/CINCPOA) A16-3/FF12 Serial 0395, 11 February 1946: "Report of Surrender and Occupation of Japan."
Japanese surrender
Allied ships