Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

CVE-80 USS Petrof Bay

• Casablanca class Escort Carrier
• Displacement: 7,800 tons
• Length: 512'3"
• Beam: 108'
• Draft: 22'4"
• Speed: 19 kts.
• Armament: 1 5"/38, 8 40mm, 24 20mm, 28 planes
• Complement: 860
• Skinner Unaflow (reciprocating) engines, 2 shafts
• Built at Kaiser S.B. Co., Vancouver; and commissioned 18 February 1944

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Petrof Bay

At Tulagi, 1944

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