Carabao Isl.-Ft. Frank – Page 8

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The island was part of the Manila and Subic Bay Harbor Defense Command.

Zg639 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg639. We are on our walk down-river in the Sinalang Cove Valley, from just under the east end of the Kaybiang Tunnel, to find the Fort Frank Waterdam. A few stretches of the river valley was this easy. On February 18 the Japanese concentrated most of their fire power on Fort Frank. At 9:30 p.m. […]

Zg637 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg637. The opening, left in back, is the place where we come down, one can see a thin water hose strung high across the river bed. The following day the Japanese included Fort Frank in their bombardment. From this time on, all the Manila Bay forts were to suffer from Japanese guns on the Cavite […]

Zg636 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg636. This is the east end of the new Kaybiang Tunnel, part of the Ternate-Nasugbu Road and indeed we found a way down to the Sinalang Cove Valley, more or less right there at the entrance, going down to the right. The tunnel has become a frequent visited tourist spot! On January 31, 1942 Battery […]

Zg635 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg635. This was our GPS track to find the Fort Frank Waterdam in the Sinalang Cove Valley as recorded by my friend John Moffitt; he spells it Sinilang. We had plans to visit Carabao Island on the 9th of Jan. 2024 and John suggested we find the water dam, by dropping down into the Sinalang […]

Zg634 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg634. This is a 2012 view of Carabao Island, the former Fort Frank, from the west side of the Kaybiang Tunnel when it was built and not opened yet.

Zg633 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg633. Sinalang Cove as viewed from a boat that just departed from Carabao Island in 2012, the former Fort Frank, part of the Manila Bay Defense Command. Fort Frank got its water from there. Friends and I are interested in history and we wanted to check on the Fort Frank water source story. The pictures […]

Zg649 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg649. This picture is the Sinalang Cove Beach from my exploration trip on the 10th Dec. 2023. We noticed 2 structures and a boat and I believed that on our future planed trip to Carabao Island we will check this out. We knew from history that the US Army had structures for maintenance personnel here […]

Zg648 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg648. This is the Fort Frank Fresh Water Storage Dam in the Sinalang Cove Valley, left is the down-river side; right is the up-river side, now filled to the rim with small rocks. The post-war American and Philippine occupation of Carabao brought no attempt to restore the fortifications. When the Philippine government took possession of […]

Zg647 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg647. This is the Fort Frank Fresh Water Storage Dam in the Sinalang Cove Valley, left is the down-river side; right is the up-river side, now filled to the rim with small rocks. Assault waves of the 1st Battalion of this 151st Infantry went ashore 9:03 a.m. April 16 supported by C Company, 113th engineers. […]

Zg646 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg646. This is the Fort Frank Fresh Water Storage Dam in the Sinalang Cove Valley, this is a view down-river. The morning of March 20 brought tragedy to Fort Frank. The garrison was lined up in Crofton Tunnel to be inoculated. While waiting in line 240mm shell penetrated the roof of the tunnel and exploded. […]