Subic Bay – Page 22 – 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).

Zg558, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg558, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. Across Subic Bay, left of center in Mt Redondo.

Zg557, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg557, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. During the years of enemy occupation Olongapo degenerated from a neat provincial town to a clutter of decrepit buildings whose peeling paint and patchwork repairs showed the “benefits” of the “Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere.”

Zg576, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg576, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. ASINAN! The Japanese invasion of Luzon in late 1941 resulted in the burning of Olongapo; a blow from which the town had only partially recovered when it suffered it again on the oppressor’s withdrawal. The resulting housing shortage was aggravated by the influx of workers needed for the expansion […]

Zg575, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg575, NCB-115, Philippines 1945. The daughters of Philippines Supreme Court Justice Pablo: Glorio, Rosario, Victoria, Mini, Lena … in formal dress.

Zg548, NCB-115, Subic Bay 1945

Zg548, NCB-115, Subic Bay 1945. More pontoons, the assembly area of the pontoons was also located at the former Naval Maquinaya Rifle Range, now called Barrio Barretto.

Zg547, NCB-115, Subic Bay 1945

Zg547, NCB-115, Subic Bay 1945. More pontoons, the assembly area of the pontoons was also located at the former Naval Maquinaya Rifle Range, now called Barrio Barretto.

Zg546, NCB-115, Subic Bay 1945

Zg546, NCB-115, Subic Bay 1945. Pontoons, as a Gator Sailor, I know a lot about pontoons. My Diving Barge in Da Nang Viet Nam was built of pontoons and it was my home on pontoon for a year. The assembly area of the pontoons was also located at the former Naval Maquinaya Rifle Range, now […]