An escort carrier maneuvers at sea under anti-aircraft fire, October 25, 1944 -- the date of the Battle off Samar and the first organized kamikaze attacks against U.S. Navy escort carriers in Leyte Gulf. This photograph comes from the official collection of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), as documented on its Bureau of Aeronautics caption card, though the ship under fire in the frame is likely a nearby vessel in the same task unit. Dense bursts of flak rise from the ship's deck as an aircraft appears in the sky above. Project: 218483