A TBM/TBF Avenger torpedo bomber catches the arrestor cable while landing aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) during World War II, as flight deck crew watch from the catwalk. Petrof Bay served in the Pacific Theater, including the Battle off Samar in October 1944, where a small force of escort carriers famously turned back a powerful Japanese surface fleet that included the battleship Yamato. Project: 218449