The delegation was led by Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and the chief of staff of the Japanese army Yoshijiro Umezu.
Aboard the ship they met with General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.
The four men would sign the "instrument of surrender" which formally ended World War II, as Japan surrendered unconditionally.
Fighting had ended August 15, but it took two weeks for all the formal arrangements to be made.
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