This original U.S. Navy caption card accompanied an official photograph taken aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) on October 26, 1944. It identifies the pictured subject as the escort carrier USS Suwannee, burning and maneuvering to escape the wind after being struck by a kamikaze aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Marked 'Official Photograph' and stamped 'Confidential' under Bureau of Aeronautics security rules, the card reflects the Navy's strict wartime control over combat imagery. Project: 218483