Subic Bay – Page 33 – 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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Zg430. This attached photo was taken in early 1941 by Chester or Grace Britt showing one of the four guns at Battery Jewell, and the other is photo taken by American forces after the fort was retaken in January, 1945 without firing a shot because the Japanese also wisely abandoned it. Battery Jewell holds the […]

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Zg441. This is one of the two 3 Inch guns, now at the former Fort Casey at Washington State, that were transferred from the former Fort Wint on Grande Island in Subic Bay. In 1968, two of the 3 inch guns from Battery Jewell, and two 10 inch guns from Fort Wint were moved here.

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Zg440. This is one of the two 3 Inch guns, now at the former Fort Casey at Washington State, that were transferred from the former Fort Wint on Grande Island in Subic Bay. In 1968, two of the 3 inch guns from Battery Jewell, and two 10 inch guns from Fort Wint were moved here.

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Zg439. This is one of the two 3 Inch guns, now at the former Fort Casey at Washington State, that were transferred from the former Fort Wint on Grande Island in Subic Bay. In 1968, two of the 3 inch guns from Battery Jewell, and two 10 inch guns from Fort Wint were moved here.

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Zg438. This is one of the two 3 Inch guns, now at the former Fort Casey at Washington State, that were transferred from the former Fort Wint on Grande Island in Subic Bay. In 1968, two of the 3 inch guns from Battery Jewell, and two 10 inch guns from Fort Wint were moved here.

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Zg437. This is one of the two 3 Inch guns, now at the former Fort Casey at Washington State, that were transferred from the former Fort Wint on Grande Island in Subic Bay. In 1968, two of the 3 inch guns from Battery Jewell, and two 10 inch guns from Fort Wint were moved here.

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Zg436. This is one of the two 3 Inch guns, now at the former Fort Casey at Washington State, that were transferred from the former Fort Wint on Grande Island in Subic Bay. In 1968, two of the 3 inch guns from Battery Jewell, and two 10 inch guns from Fort Wint were moved here.

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Zg435. This is Battery Trevor in Coastal Artillery Fort Casey at Washington State, the guns were scrapped after the war and in 1968 this former fort received two replacement 3 inch guns from the former Fort Wint in Subic Bay.

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Zg434. This is a detailed map of Fort Wint on Grande Island in Subic Bay. It was produced a long time ago by the crew of a Navy Oiler, operating out the Subic Bay Naval Base, post war.

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Zg433. Unmaked Fort Wint battle report copy. After the fort was abandoned, its commander, Col Boudreau, wrote the above after action report. Among the details is the fact that on December 18, 1941, one or more of the four guns at Battery Jewell sank a small boat, most likely a barge (aka landing craft) holding […]