Signing of the Surrender in Tokyo Bay

[kmetz]

I have a listing of all the Naval vessels present for the surrender ceremonies. Does anyone here know where the vessels were in relationship to the USS Missouri? I know that the USS Bennington was along side the Missouri--the Bennington's Air Group Eighty-two planes were the first to hit the Battleship Yamato, when it was sunk--so the Bennington was given the honor of being next to the Mighty Mo. Which ship was on the other side of the Missouri? And where did the huge fly-over during the ceremonies originate? Benny planes were part of that too. The Bennington's nickname during WWII was the "Busy 'B'" in later conflicts the Bennington was call "Big Ben" and the "Benny."