Subic Bay – Page 99 – 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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Ue720. Drydock Dewey in the Olongapo Ship yard 1909, Olongapo Naval Station, I can make out Mt. Susongdalaga and Mt. PLDT behind the drydock. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ue727. The Old Spanish Gate to the Navy Yard, Olongapo Naval Station 1911. We can see the unique Olongapo Naval Station Administration Building. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ue726. Bread was important, we could not live of rice alone, the Olongapo Post Bakeshop in 2008. Were they sailors or Marines or both? This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ue725. The Naval Station Olongapo Administration Building, payday, no wonder they changed to the direct deposit system. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ue724. Olongapo got a mud bath in 1908, maybe climate change has started earlier? This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ue723. The Marine Band of the US Naval Station Olongapo Marine Barracks in May 2010. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ue722. Olongapo 1909 from Kalaklan Ridge, zoomed it I can make out the Naval Station Admin Building. This is best picture I seen yet of Olongapo and the Naval Station. Across the water must be the Coaling Station. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.