The Snapshots in Time Collection
Typed History Page 22, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Supply Department Organization and Pre-Commissioning Narrative, 1944
A typed page from the wartime history of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), a Casablanca-class escort carrier built by the Kaiser Company. The document details how the ship's Supply Department was organized into three units before commissioning, and records the vessel's outfitting at Astoria, Oregon and its subsequent shakedown and training period from February to July 1944, illustrating the logistical effort behind readying a wartime escort carrier for Pacific combat operations. Project: 218461