U.S.S. Nehenta Bay was assigned to Task Force 44, the Northern Honshu & Hokkaido Surrender Force, under the command of Vice Admiral Jack Fletcher, Commander North Pacific (COMNORPAC). The task force arrived at Ominato Guard District in Mutsu Bay, Honshu on 7 September 1945, and U.S.S. Panamint AGC-17 met a Japanese delegation offshore on September 8th to prepare for the entry of the U.S.S. Panamint and the task force through the minefields and into into the Japanese 5th Fleet anchorage and naval base at Ominato Naval Base. The ceremony for the surrender of Honshu and Hokkaido Islands occurred on the deck of the U.S.S. Panamint on September 9th.
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