Subic Bay – Page 36 – 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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Zg397. (In picture 190) we see the two bridges from the SBFZ to Olongapo City. The 2nd bridge is the former Naval Base main gate bridge, being replaced right now. The closer bridge was built by the SBMA, the new Management and connects Manila Ave on Base to Rizal Ave in Olongapo.

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Zg396. (In picture 189) we see the former Cubi Point (actual geographic point) which has become a container port, we see the SW End of the Cubi Point run way and we see the two former ammunition wharfs which are now commercial enterprises. The last point at right is Camayan Point; I remember doing here […]

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Zg395. (In picture 188) we see the floating island at Half Moon Beach, the new High-Rice hotel in Barretto and on slopes above the former Subic Municipality Landfill a new housing development.

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Zg394. (In picture 187) we see the new Harbor Point Mall, the medium floating dry-dock and the new and very big fuel tanks.

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Zg393. (-185 and 186) plus the earlier image #177 are images on top of the Kalaklan Ridge Road/Trail at the approximate area above the Half Moon Beach area which houses the electric NGCP Olongapo Substation. On top of the trail people do live and at places the road is drivable. But today vehicles use a […]

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Zg390. (Image 174), for your orientation, left is the new SM Mall of Olongapo, where the Olongapo Hospital used to be. This picture really shows the big change from the Naval Base to a Freeport Zone. All the big structures left of the former NSD and behind Olongapo are all new and big structures of […]

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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.