Subic Bay – Page 88 – 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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Ze853. Navy Hospital ship Relief in Olongapo, circa 1908. I notice it is moored with chains, that should mean it was there for a long time. I also notice a Marine Guard on the pier with a rifle.

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Ze860. The main gate to the Navy Yard in Olongapo, circa 1908, today we call it The Spanish Gate. This area looks shabby, where is the First Lieutenant of the yard who is supposed to keep this place ship shape. It looks like they have trouble with drainage, look at the wooden boards, apparently it gets wet and muddy here sometime.

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Ze859. The Marines are inspected by Colonel Karmany at the Olongapo Naval Station, circa 1908. This is the Marine area just outside the Spanish Gat, Navy Yard. We can clearly see the Spanish Gate and the uniquely roofed Navy Administration Building. The white building behind the troops, I call the clover leave Marine Headquarter Building (my speculation). Flagpole with flag is behind it.

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Ze858. The Marines are holding a parade review at their heavy marching order at the Olongapo Naval Station circa 1908. The road leads to the Spanish Gate and just to the left of it is the two story Navy administration building with a unique roof.

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Ze857. An Armored Cruiser in the Dewey Drydock at the Olongapo Naval Station and yard, circa 1909. If you zoom in, I noticed two things; deck hands are over the side, port bow, painting the side. There are people in the water by the ship’s boats.

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Ze856. This is another very unique picture of the Olongapo Naval Station, circa 1908. We nan make out Grande Island.

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Ze855. This is best picture I seen so far of the Olongapo Naval Station and the Marine Barracks and the picture is from circa 1908. One can clearly see the large area the marines occupied outside the Navy Yard. The Marines were rather a regimental organization and not just the barracks. I don’t see the Olongapo Chapel jet nor the Olongapo Plaza. This is also the best shot of the coaling station across the Olongapo Harbor.

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Ze854. Navy Hospital ship Relief in the Dewey Drydock at Olongapo circa 1908. I notice a deckhand on the port anchor, painting perhaps. Those anchors could not be housed very good; I wonder whether the needed to be hoisted on deck.

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Ze846. Two Marine officers alongside what might be an officer bungalow in Olongapo, circa, 1909. This picture is from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze852. I add this Google Earth image for you to compare it to the image # Ze831 where I whitened out the area where I placed the USMC Barracks area in the early 1900s. That area probably remained the USMC area all the way to 1941 when ordered to abandon Subic Bay and take up position in Mariveles and on Corregidor.