The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 3
Life and hazard aboard the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) come into focus through wartime Navy photographs of launches at sunset, radar-crowned masts, deck crashes, and the equator-crossing Shellback ceremony. Paired caption cards, date stamps, and handwritten notes on the reverse sides preserve the classification markings and personal details that let researchers reconstruct each image's story.
5-Inch/38-Caliber Deck Gun Mount Aboard U.S. Navy Warship, Pacific Fleet Anchorage, WWII
Verso Caption Card of Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 532, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), August 21, 1945
Tail of FM-2 Wildcat Bureau Number 57002 Lodged in 20mm Gun Sponson, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), December 18, 1944
Verso Caption Card of Official U.S. Navy Photograph No. 318-5, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), December 18, 1944
Sailors Gather Around Wrecked FM-2 Wildcat Tail Lodged in 20mm Gun Sponson, Likely U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), December 1944
Caption Card, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 18 December 1944 - Jettisoning Aircraft Bu. No. 57002
Fighter Aircraft at the Round-Down of an Escort Carrier Flight Deck, WWII Pacific Theater
Caption Card, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 18 December 1944 - Aircraft Bu. No. 57002
Sailors Watching an Aircraft Jettisoned Over the Side of an Escort Carrier Flight Deck, WWII
Caption Card, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 18 December 1944 - Aircraft Bu. No. 57002
Wrecked Aircraft Remains Being Jettisoned from Escort Carrier Flight Deck, WWII
Caption Card, Verso: USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) - 'Tail in Cat Walk' Incident Photo, 18 December 1944
Crash of Aircraft B-11, Lt(jg) W.O. Green, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945
Caption Card, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945 - Crash of Aircraft B-11, Lt(jg) W.O. Green
Crash of Aircraft B-11, Lt(jg) W.O. Green, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945
Caption Card, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945 - Crash of Aircraft B-11, Lt(jg) W.O. Green (Duplicate/Companion Card)
Crash of Aircraft B-11, Lt(jg) W.O. Green - View Toward Mast, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945
Caption Card, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945 - Crash of Aircraft B-11, Lt(jg) W.O. Green (Companion Card)
Aircraft Nose-Over Landing Accident on Escort Carrier Flight Deck, WWII
U.S. Navy Official Photograph Caption/Identification Card — USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), TBM-1C Avenger #46199, July 11, 1944
Fire Hose Crew Dousing Crash-Damaged Aircraft, Escort Carrier Flight Deck, WWII
Aircraft Tipped Over the Round-Down of an Escort Carrier Flight Deck, WWII
Verso Date Stamp, 13 January 1945
Deck Crew Rushing to a Crashed Aircraft, Escort Carrier Flight Deck, WWII
Crash of Aircraft B-11, Lt(jg) W.O. Green, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945 - Wreckage View
Caption Card, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 27 February 1945 - Crash of Aircraft B-11, Lt(jg) W.O. Green (Companion Card)
WWII U.S. Navy Escort Carrier Flight Deck Scene with Aircraft and Deck Crew (Vessel Identity Uncertain, Likely Not Petrof Bay)
Caption Card, U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 18 February 1945 - Landing Gear Collapse, Lt(jg) Cutright
USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80): Deck Crew Responding to Crash of Aircraft "B-11," 27 February 1945
Verso Caption Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Official Photograph No. 365, 27 February 1945
Landing Gear Collapse, Fighter Aircraft "15," USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 18 February 1945
Verso Caption Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Official Photograph No. 358-2, 18 February 1945
Military Cargo Truck Hoisted Aboard USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 21 August 1945
Verso Caption Card, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Official Photograph No. 532, 21 August 1945
U.S. Navy Aviator on Deck, Portrait Aboard Escort Carrier, WWII
Two U.S. Navy Airmen on Deck, Escort Carrier, WWII
Formal Portrait of a U.S. Navy Captain, WWII Era
Formal Seated Portrait of a U.S. Navy Aviator Officer, WWII Era
Shipboard Supply Counter with Navy Personnel, WWII Era
Composite Squadron 76 Group Portrait, South China Sea, January 1945
View from Escort Carrier Flight Deck Toward Invasion Beach
Aircraft Propeller and Ship's Mast with Radar Antennas, U.S. Navy Escort Carrier, WWII
USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) at Anchor, Bow View Showing Dazzle Camouflage, WWII
Sailor Playing a Portable Field Organ, Candid Photograph, WWII Era
TBM/TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber in Flight, Silhouette Against Clouds, WWII
Fighter Aircraft Launching from Escort Carrier at Sunset, WWII
The Royal Court of Neptunus Rex, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) Crossing-the-Line Ceremony, August 1944
Verso Annotation, Royal Court of Neptunus Rex Photograph, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
