Silhouette of USS Iowa, as seen from USS Missouri, in Tokyo Bay during the Japanese surrender ceremonies, Tokyo, Japan, 2 Sep 1945. Iowa was the Fleet’s lead communications ship at the time.

Caption   Silhouette of USS Iowa, as seen from USS Missouri, in Tokyo Bay during the Japanese surrender ceremonies, Tokyo, Japan, 2 Sep 1945. Iowa was the Fleet’s lead communications ship at the time. ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via USS Iowa Museum
Identification Code   80-G-332666
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Photos on Same Day See all photos dated 2 Sep 1945
Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 1 Jan 2019

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Licensing  Public Domain. Image provided by the USS Iowa Museum

Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".



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WW2-Era Place Name Tokyo Bay, Japan
Lat/Long 35.3547, 139.7600
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