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Incomplete Japanese submarine Ha-230 at Sasebo, Japan, 19 Oct 1945; note carrier Junyo (center), carrier Ibuki (center background, beyond Junyo), incomplete Unryu-class carrier Kasagi (right background), and a number of escort ships (left background)	Japanese sailor aboard carrier Junyo signaling an approaching tug, Sasebo, Japan, 19 Oct 1945

Koryu-class submarines, along with at least three other classes, at Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan, 19 Oct 1945, photo 1 of 2	Koryu-class submarines, along with at least three other classes, at Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan, 19 Oct 1945, photo 2 of 2

Post-war American photo of Japanese Koryu Type-D midget submarine mid-bodies in a production facility at Kure, Japan, 19 Oct 1945.	The island of carrier Junyo as viewed from the flight deck, looking forward, Sasebo, Japan, 19 Oct 1945; note the Type 3 radar antenna on the mainmast

USS Parche and another submarine at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 19-23 Oct 1945	View of Junyo's deck from high on the island, Sasebo, Japan, 19 Oct 1945; note men of US Army 32nd Division on the flight deck, Type 3 radar antenna on the mainmast, radio direction finder loop in foreground, and several Ha-201-class submarines in background

USS Anzio in San Francisco Bay, California, United States, 23 Oct 1945	Illustration of bomb and torpedo hits on battleship Yamato, 7 Apr 1945, part of Commander Miyamoto's interrogation, 25 Oct 1945

Track chart of Yamato group, Apr 1945, part of Commander Miyamoto's interrogation, 25 Oct 1945	President Truman aboard USS Missouri at the Brooklyn Navy Yard examining the deck marker on the spot where the surrender was signed in Tokyo Bay, Navy Day, 27 Oct 1945. Also Adm Jonas H Ingram and FAdm William D Leahy

Truman aboard USS Renshaw during Navy Day Fleet Review, New York City, New York, United States, 27 Oct 1945; note USS Missouri's superstructure in background and US Navy aircraft in formation above	USS Augusta, USS Midway, USS Enterprise, USS Missouri, USS New York, USS Helena, and USS Macon in the Hudson River in New York, New York, United States for Navy Day celebrations, 27 Oct 1945

USS Ticonderoga arriving at Tacoma, Washington, United States as part of Operation Magic Carpet, Oct 27, 1945. Note the deck numbers already repainted in peace-time white & balloons supporting the Homeward Bound Pennant	Lieutenant Commander Harold Ellison during the recommissioning ceremony of USS DD-224, near Kure, Japan, 29 Oct 1945

USS DD-224 during her recommissioning ceremony, near Kure, Japan, 29 Oct 1945; note USS Compton in background	View of the forward turrets of HMS King George V while she was at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 Oct 1945

View of USS DD-224, looking aft from her starboard bridge wing, near Kure, Japan, 29 Oct 1945	PT-221 and PT-222, Higgins 78-foot motor torpedo boats, along with many other PT Boats being stripped of their parts before their hulls were burned, Samar, Philippines, Nov 1945.