The Snapshots in Time Collection
Commissioning Cake-Cutting Ceremony Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 18 February 1944
A Navy commander cuts the commissioning cake for the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) on February 18, 1944, its motto 'The Petrof Bay will Make 'em Pay' iced onto the cake, marking the ship's formal entry into wartime service. Project: 218449