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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Zc860.Port Binanga area. LCI on beach just inside Buing Point. Six LCIs on beach at head of bay, three on either side of mouth of Binanga River in center background. Two mor interesting points about this bay, the Alamo Scouts of General Krueger had an Operating Base and Training Center her in 1945. After the WWII the Navy UDT (Frogmen), later the Navy SEALs did training here out of submarines.
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Zc855. 04 1951-06-20 Subic Salvage Survey 03, an 1902 USCGS Subic Bay chart. With this URL you can download a higher resolution copy: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/44777667705/in/album-72157674621084888/ On this chart and the previous one you can identify all the landmarks mentioned.
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Zc856. The Navy Mothball Fleet in the 1960s or before at San Diego. When I went to my basic training in San Diego, 1960, I remember that I bought a postcard like this. Those many ships, that was impressive. This image came from this webpage: https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/2g952r/the_san_diego_mothball_fleet_in_1946_this_was/
I’m sure; the mothball Fleet at Subic Bay was not that big, ha, ha! I remember going to the Palau Island in the 1970s and inspect ships, mothballed there.