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CVE-80 Petrof Bay
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Casablanca 1943/10/15
Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver
1944/01/05 1944/02/18 1959/07/30
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 14 / Ms 33/10a, 45: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/03/29 44/04/14     ferry cruise NAS San Diego > Esp. Santo   66 
44/04/14 44/04/20     Esp. Santo   66 
44/04/20 44/04/25   34.9.3/UF sail Esp. Santo > Manus   66 
44/04/29     34.9.3/UF furnish replacement planes to TF 38   66 
44/05/03 44/05/07     Majuro   66 
44/05/07 44/05/13     sail from Majuro to P.H. (05/13) with damaged planes with Barnes escorted by Boyd + 2 DD   66  81 
44/05/13 44/05/20     sail from P.H. to San Francisco with damaged planes   66  81 
44/05/20 44/07/30     off San Diego - VC-76   66 
44/07/30 44/08/06     sail San Diego > P.H.   66 
44/08/06 44/08/12     P.H.   66 
44/08/12 44/08/24   32.4     66 
44/08/24 44/09/04     Purvis Bay, Tulagi   66 
44/09/04 44/11/04 Stale2 32.7.2/CarDiv28 land Palau: VC-76   70  66 
44/10/04 44/10/14     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/10/10   King2 77.4.1/CarDiv28 VC-76   70 
44/10/24 44/10/24 King2 77.4.1/CarDiv28 xLeyte  
44/11/04 44/11/19     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/11/10       damaged in AE-11 Mount Hood explosion in Seeadler Harbor, Manus  
44/11/19 44/11/30   77.4.5 escort convoy Manus < > Leyte   70  81  66
44/12/30 45/01/17 Mike1 77.4.5/CarDiv28 VC-76   70 
45/01/10   Mike1 77.4.6/CarDiv28 VC-76   70 
45/01/17 45/02/05 Mike1 77.4 VC-76   70 
45/02/10 45/03/08 Detach 52.2.1/CarDiv26 VC-76   70 
45/03/08 45/03/10 Detach   sail Iwojima > Guam   70 
45/03/10       Guam - changed VC-76 for VC-93   81 
45/03/21 45/05/26 Iceber 52.1.2 VC-93   70 
45/05/26 45/05/30     sail Okinawa > Guam   66 
45/05/30       Guam - change VC-93 for VC-90   81  66 
45/06/02? 45/06/19     sail Guam > San Pedro Bay, California   66 
45/06/19 45/08/14     San Pedro Bay, California - overhaul   66 
45/08/14 45/08/2?     sail San Pedro > P.H. > Tokio Bay   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1958/06/27 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars
Notice: nicknames: "Double 40", "Perpetual Bay", "Mighty Eighty", "Mad Russian"