09/02 Sun. Japanese surrender documents are signed on board the
battleship MISSOURI (BB-63) at anchor in Tokyo Bay, Japan.
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur signs for the Allied
Powers, and Fleet Adm. C. W. Nimitz signs for the United
States. Army forces are landed at Yokohama, Japan, by naval
task force (Rear Adm. J. L. Hall).
Truk in the Caroline Islands, Pagan and Rota Islands in the
Marianas Islands, and the Palau Islands surrender to
United States Naval and Marine officers on board naval
vessels.
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3 September to 31 December, 1945:
The period between the signing of the capitulation
documents on board the battleship MISSOURI (BB-63) and
the end of the year 1945, witnessed the surrender of
Japanese garrisons on the Asiatic mainland, and on
by-passed islands scattered throughout the western Pacific.
Occupation of Japan progressed and the administrative
organization of the United States naval forces in the area
was adjusted where necessary to enable the Navy to carry out
its assigned occupation and demilitarization duties. Naval
combat strength contracted as demobilization procedures were
set in motion. On 10 October 1945 Headquarters of the
Commander in Chief United States Fleet (Fleet Adm. E. J.
King) was disestablished.