The Snapshots in Time Collection
Stern View from USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) with Sailors Observing Wake, WWII Pacific Theater
Sailors aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) watch the ship's wake from the stern during World War II Pacific operations. Escort carriers like the Petrof Bay provided close air support and anti-submarine patrol for amphibious landings, and endured intense combat -- including kamikaze attacks -- during the Leyte Gulf campaign of October 1944. Project: 218458