The Snapshots in Time Collection
Reverse Side Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 274-6, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 26 October 1944
The reverse of an official U.S. Navy photograph taken aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) on 26 October 1944, cataloging an image of the escort carrier USS Suwannee. Marked 'Confidential' and restricted from publication by the Bureau of Aeronautics, this caption card reflects wartime photographic security procedures in the days following the Battle off Samar. Project: 218458