CVE-80 U.S.S. Petrof Bay
This page is dedicated to all who served on and from the CVE-80 U.S.S. Petrof Bay.
A book is now available about this historic ship!
Order yours today!
CVE-80 U.S.S. Petrof Bay
This page is dedicated to all who served on and from the CVE-80 U.S.S. Petrof Bay.
A book is now available about this historic ship!
Order yours today!
She was a lightly armed Escort Carrier, designed and built for air support of Allied troops fighting the Japanese during WW II. However, the officers and crew of the USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) found the Pacific War to be much more than they had bargained for. In October of 1944, she was thrust into the largest naval battle of all time. While the crew of the Petrof Bay scrambled to repel Japanese suicide planes, her gallant pilots were engaged in a desperate all-out attack against the world's most powerful warship, the super battleship, Yamato.
During 1944 and 1945, the Petrof Bay narrowly escaped countless attacks by the Japanese. She was one of the first American carriers to be attacked by the dreaded kamikazes.
At Okinawa, her heroic fighter pilots raced in to save American warships from kamikaze attacks, by boldly shooting down the suicide planes only moments before they could crash into the ships.
The Petrof Bay saw action at some of the bloodiest battles of WW II : Peleliu, Leyte Gulf, Luzon, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
A Forgotten Ship!
Because she always escaped her attackers, the extremely lucky Petrof Bay was never in the limelight and remained virtually unknown in U.S. Naval history-until now. At last, her entire breathtaking career comes back to life in this thrilling, one-of-a-kind book. A must-have for any Naval history buff!
One of the best books ever written about any CVE!
Includes 22 photographs
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A longtime student of WW II, Rick Cline is the son of a Petrof Bay crew member. An award winning photojournalist, Cline spent many years, exhausting all resources and utilizing recently declassified U.S. Navy documents to bring the entire true story to light.
ISBN 0-9LL323S-0-5
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