Manila Bay – Page 90 – Philippine-Sailor

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For the 4 islands in Manila Bay that used to be the Manila Bay Defense Forts, Corregidor-Ft. Mills, Caballo-Ft. Hughes, Fraile-Ft. Drum, Carabao-Ft.Frank.

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. 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. […]

Zg645 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg645. 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. Next day the bombardment continued. General Moore’s after-action report stated of this continued bombardment: “A 240mm shell hit at junction of the […]

Zg644 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg644. This is a US Army project completion report 20th June 1932 of the completion of a Fresh Water Storage Dam in the Calumpang Reservation for Fort Frank; with a picture of the dam zoomed in. With fuel stocks running low a new attempt was made on March 9 to repair the water line. Under […]

Zg643 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg643. This is a US Army project completion report 20th June 1932 of the completion of a Fresh Water Storage Dam in the Calumpang Reservation for Fort Frank; with a picture of the dam. Battery Ermita drew blood again on March 6 when it shot down a Japanese plane on reconnaissance over the fort. It […]

Zg642 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg642. We found the Fort Frank Waterdam in the Sinalang Valley. I needed to rest and my friend John Moffitt looked around but did not find anything noteworthy. A further cut in the food issue at Fort Frank and the other forts came on March 2 when each ration was cut to three-eighths normal issue. […]