The Snapshots in Time Collection
USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Ship's History, Appendix (A), Page 14 - Medical Notes, Commissioning, and Navigation Department Origins
Page 14 of the wartime history of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) records the ship's commissioning on 18 February 1944 at Astoria, Oregon under Captain J. L. Kane, the formation of the Navigation Department and its helmsman organization, and the vessel's early shakedown activities in Puget Sound including degaussing and compass calibration. Project: 218461