The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 11
Life aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) comes into focus through wartime photographs of Equator crossing ceremonies, pie-eating contests, boxing matches, and cake cuttings on the flight deck. Alongside these morale-building traditions are burials at sea and handwritten album captions, together preserving both the camaraderie and the losses of a Pacific carrier crew.
Sailors Standing at Attention in Passageway Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Radiomen at Work in the Radio Room, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), World War II
Hands-Free Pie-Eating Contest on Flight Deck, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Ship's Office Compartment Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), Near the Coding Room
5-Inch/38 Caliber Gun Crew at General Quarters Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Sailors at the Ship's Store Soda Fountain Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), World War II
Burial at Sea, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Burial at Sea Ceremony Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), World War II
Burial at Sea Ceremony Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), World War II
Burial at Sea Ceremony Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Formal Shipboard Ceremony, Possibly a Christening or Commissioning - USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Collection
Handwritten Caption Card - 'Mrs. Barner + Mrs. Kane,' USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Collection
Two U.S. Navy Commanders Shaking Hands Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Album Caption Page: 'Capt. Barnes & Capt Kane (our skipper)' — USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Collection
USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Commissioning Cake, February 18, 1944
Commissioning Ceremony in Hangar Bay of Escort Carrier, Likely USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Sailors Engaged in Deck Recreation Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), World War II
Crossing-the-Line Ceremony on the Flight Deck, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Sailor in Pirate Costume During Equator-Crossing Ceremony Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Sailors Gathered for Swim Call Near the Gun Mount, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII Pacific Theater
Crossing the Line Ceremony Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
"Crossing the Line" Equator Ceremony Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII Era
Officers Observing Flight Deck Operations Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Silhouetted Four-Engine Bomber on Airfield at Dusk, WWII Pacific Theater
Sailors Observing Explosion or Smoke Plume from Carrier Flight Deck, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
TBM/TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber '81' in Flight, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Air Group, WWII
Ordnance Crew Loading Bombs Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII Pacific Theater
Sailors Giving a Shipboard Haircut Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Sailors Boxing in Shipboard Match, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Sailor with Signal Searchlight Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Shipboard Barbershop Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), World War II
Crew of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Gathered on Deck, WWII
Memorial Marker at Entrance to WWII Pacific Theater Military Cemetery
Commemorative Cake Marking 'First Landing' of VC-76 Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Flag-Raising Ceremony, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Personnel, WWII
Verso of WWII Navy Photograph with Pensacola NAS Photographic Officer Clearance Stamp
Ship's Dental Office, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), World War II
Shipboard Ceremony Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), U.S. Navy Officer Addressing Assembly
Album Caption Page: 'Our Skipper' (USS Petrof Bay Collection)
Hangar Deck Ceremony Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Handwritten Caption 'Capt. Barnes' — USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) WWII Photo Album Archive
USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Flight Deck with Sailors Manning the Rail, Passing Beneath the Golden Gate Bridge
Album Page Caption, 'Golden Gate Bridge' - USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Photo Album
Cake-Cutting Ceremony on Flight Deck Beneath the Island, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
Date Stamp 'JAN 24 1945' - USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Album Page
Shellback Initiation Ceremony on Flight Deck, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), WWII
