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USS PETROF BAY   (CVE-80)
(later CVU-80)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - X-Ray - Papa
CLASS - CASABLANCA
Displacement 7,800 Tons, Dimensions, 512' 3" (oa) x 65' 2" x 22' 4" (Max)
Armament 1 x 5"/38AA 8 x 40mm, 12 x 20mm, 27 Aircraft.
Machinery, 9,000 IHP; 2 Skinner, Uniflow engines, 2 screws
Speed, 19 Knots, Crew 860.
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CVE-80 Petrof Bay
NS0308004		 10k

Petrof Bay was sponsored on Wednesday, January 5, 1944 by Mrs. J. G. Atkins, wife of Captain Atkins, executive officer of the Naval Air Station, Farragut, Idaho. Principal address was by Captain C. E. Ekstrom, Executive Officer, USN.

(From "Bo's'n's Whistle," Vol. 4, No. 2; January 28, 1944; pages 4–5.)

 Courtesy of Ron Gough,
Bea Dee, Ltd.,
Kaiser Vancouver / Swan Island & Oregon Shipyards website
World War 2
CVE-80 Petrof Bay
NS0308001		 28k Petrof Bay anchored at Tulagi, 1944. Ivor Jefferies
CVE-80 Petrof Bay
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USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) underway, 1944. Camouflaged in Measure 33, Design 10A (thanks to Aryeh Wetherhorn.)

 USN
CVE-80 Petrof Bay
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Official US Navy photograph of USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) underway, exact date and place unknown. The four-leaf shamrock symbol on its tail identifies the FM-2 Wildcat as assigned to Composite Squadron 93 (VC-93.) VC-93 operated from Petrof Bay between March 10 and May 30, 1945 in support of the invasion and capture of Okinawa.

 Robert M. Cieri
USS PETROF BAY CVE-80 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Mr. Ambrose L Ruchotzke
Address:441 15th Ave Camanche, IA, 52730-2010
Phone: 319-259-8591
E-mail: None
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Official U.S. Navy Carrier Website
Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association
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