Subic Bay before WWII – Page 35

Media Category: Subic Bay before WWII

Images of the Subic Bay area before WWII

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An aerial view of the buildings near the pier where a cargo ship is docked after being unloaded. This is a view of the U. S. Naval Base Subic Bay in 1981 from the U. S. National Archives. The view is from above the former Naval Supply Depot towards the Boton Valley across the Fueling Pier.

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Zc795. 1920’s Olongapo AS-5 Sub Tender and 9 S-Boats. If you look close “air bedding” is the order of the day for the tender and a few boats. We did that also during my time, every so often, take your mattress and blankets and secure them over the railing or wherever and let them air out!

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Zc796. 1930’s Submarine SS 39 Olongapo and maybe 2 more boats inboard of her at what later became the beginning of the Alava Wharf.

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Zc764. It looks like, that in 1945; some Naval Officers took the Red Cross Lady on a sightseeing trip in Subic Bay. This is on the Mt. Redondo side of Subic Bay; the boat is lying off near the Submarine Base. We are looking south and right of the Lady’s head is Grande Island. This picture came from the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project.

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Zc770. This is NAVSTA Olongapo & Olongapo Town 1928 from NARA via Wiki Vividley. Before WWII the town or village of Olongapo, under the administration of the U.S. Navy, was located at, what after WWII became the Naval Station (NAVSTA) Subic Bay. After WWII what was left of Olongapo was moved further inland and across a drainage canal. Then in the 1950s, with the addition of the Naval Air Station Cubi Point and the Naval Magazine area, the Naval Base Subic Bay was established. The former Naval Base is now the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) as of 1992.

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Zc769. The sub sailors had humor and had this “Hangover House” is located a little inland. Based on my hiking experience those slopes certainly look like the Mt. Redondo slopes. Please don’t tell the Political Correct People, who are in power now, that our sailors had a “Hangover House” in 1945, maybe they will condemn them retroactive. This picture came from the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project.

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Zc768. We see a submarine and a float plane but I can’t make out the direction we are looking at in Subic Bay, 1945; the picture is not clear enough. This picture came from the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project.

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Zc767. I’m sure that the 1945 Submarine Pier was abutted against this embankment, the area of the former Submarine Base became Gains Beach and Miami Club Beach (remember the Miami Club in Subic City you old Sea Dogs).