The Snapshots in Time Collection
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. Z74-5, USS Suwannee (CVE-27) Burning, 26 October 1944
This original Navy caption card documents official photograph Z74-5, taken aboard USS Petrof Bay on October 26, 1944, showing USS Suwannee burning after a kamikaze strike during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Stamped 'Confidential' under Bureau of Aeronautics security procedures, it corresponds directly to a companion photograph in this collection depicting the towering smoke column from the stricken carrier. Project: 218483