The Snapshots in Time Collection
Storm or Combat Damage: Overturned Truck Atop Gun Director, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
This photograph documents severe damage aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80): a cargo truck lies overturned atop an anti-aircraft gun director. Such damage-control photographs were routinely taken to record the effects of heavy seas, typhoons, or combat action on shipboard equipment. Project: 218467