The Snapshots in Time Collection
Caption Card, Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 272-B, Bomb Splash Starboard Bow, USS Petrof Bay, 25 October 1944
This original Navy caption card documents official photograph 272-B, taken aboard USS Petrof Bay at 1150 on October 25, 1944, capturing a bomb splash near the ship's starboard bow. Stamped 'Confidential,' the card is one of a paired sequence (272-A and 272-B) recording near-miss attacks during the harrowing air battles off Samar during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Project: 218483