Subic Bay – Page 113 – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: Subic Bay

This category encompass, the former Subic Bay Naval Base,-Naval Station,-Naval Air Station Cubi Point, the former Olongapo Naval Station,-the prewar Olongapo Town and the present Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) under the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).

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Zc885. SS Fremont aground between Cayuag Point and Apalit Point, that is in the upper NW corner of the bay.

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Zc884. LST-311 aground on the west side of Pequena Island, some of sailors called it Snake Island. I notice there are still 3 LCM-3 (Mike Boats) on the topside deck.

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Zc888. A zoomed-in section of a 1902 USGS map of Subic Bay and shows the Port of Olongapo, the Cubi Shoals, indicated on the other map in this album is just a little west of Cubi Point.

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Zc887. SS Banshee aground on Cubi Shoals, just think, behind it the Navy Seabees flattened those hills, pushed them into the sea to build the long runway for the Cubi Point Naval Air Station. That work started shortly after 1951.

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Zc886. SS Banshee aground on Cubi Shoals, just think, behind it the Navy Seabees flattened those hills, pushed them into the sea to build the long runway for the Cubi Point Naval Air Station. That work started shortly after 1951.

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Zc879. LSM-292 on beach north of Macmany Point. That is just south of USMC Green Beach at Agusuhin Point.

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Zc883. LST-324 on rocky beach at Point Cabangan, Subic Bay. LST-346, LST-559 and LCI-374 in Background. That is just west of Subic Town.

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Zc882. LST-410 ashore between Apalit Point and Cabangan Point, Subic Bay. That is just west of Subic Town.

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Zc881. LST-331 on west side of Apalit Point, Subic Bay. That is just west of Subic Town.

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Zc880. LST-331, LST-46, LST-410 aground in vicinity of Apalit Point, Subic Bay. That is just west of Subic Town.