USS Petrof Bay
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uss-petrof-bay-167-8872091
title:
USS Petrof Bay
text:
USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) was the twenty-sixth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after Petrof Bay, which in turn was named in 1928 after Ivan Petroff, a Russian Alaskan who served as a special census agent for the 1880 United States census. The bay is located within Kuiu Island, which at the time was a part of the Territory of Alaska. The ship was launched in January 1944, commissioned in February, and served in support of
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description:
Casablanca-class escort carrier of the U.S. Navy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Petrof_Bay
date created:
2004-03-26T10:04:26Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T09:40:02Z
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