Keywords: USS Randolph (CV-15) off Japan 1945.jpg The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Randolph CV-15 and the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable R10 underway off Japan in 1945 Still on alert in case the Japanese surrender was a deception the large carriers of the Task Force 38 remained at sea while the battleships and some light carriers entered Sagami Bay and then Tokyo Bay for the official Japanese surrender The photo was taken from the USS Wasp CV-18 Official U S Navy photo http //www navsource org/archives/02/021506 jpg on Navsource org http //www navsource org/archives/02/15 htm 1945-08-30 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Randolph CV-15 Fast Carrier Task Force HMS Indefatigable R10 Allied fleet in Sagami Bay in 1945 |