Subic Bay – Page 34 – 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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Zg391. (Image 176) also shows many changes. We see the Philippine Flag left of a high-rise and many other large buildings have been built on the former Naval Station. You should make out the words Harbor Point, that is a new Ayala Mall on the former Base (we have 4 Malls now in Olongapo and […]

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Zg389. (Image 173) shows Olongapo City in front, the former NSD with old and new warehouses with a merchant ship in. Left of it we see the former Naval Base power plant and the new one with a high exhaust stack; left of that we see one of the golf greens near the Binictican road.

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Zg388. (Image 171) shows a medium floating dry-dock, a Naval MSC ship at Rivera Wharf, the ex Naval fuel piers, with a 2nd pier and new big tanks left of it.

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Zg387. (Image 170) shows the new large SM Mall (SM=Shoe Mart) where the Olongapo Hospital used to be, and we see Santa Rita Mountain with its tower.

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Zg386. (-165) this is the road cut thru the ridge line which forms a point in Subic Bay and is now called Baloy Long Beach (part of Barretto and Olongapo City); this is the National Road to Zambales, our province. The road has been widened to 4 lanes and the new project is the road […]

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Zg385. (-164) is one more gas station in Barrio Barretto, we have now three. This picture is shot across the Maquinaya Bridge, the name of the river in Barretto, which had given its name to the Naval Rifle Range which used to be here until the Japanese occupation.

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Zg384. (-163) is our relative new hospital at the south end of Barrio Barretto, which went broke, is nearing completion after a complete renovation and adding one more storey under new ownership and management. We Vets hope they will engage TRICARE and get an agreement for it to be accepted here. In any case it […]

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Zg379. (-142) believe it or not, two very large structures have been built between the entrance to Baloy Beach and the Matain River and bridge, at the inland side of the highway. The biggest one is modern Hardware outlet Wilcon and this picture shows a department store “Divimart” which was bought by Puregold. It is […]

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Zg378. (-141) this was notice that recently was posted in social media and I copied it here. It may be of interest to many of us foreigners.

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Zg377. (-140, later 154 and 155) this is a road cut thru the ridge that forms Baloy Beach. The national Highway to Zambales goes thru here. Apparently a contract was opened to finish widening the cut and securing the shoulders.