Media Category: U.S. Naval Base 1940/50s
U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay was an important U.S. Outpost until Nov. 1992.
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Zc491. This is the Marikit Park area in Olongapo City. We see the Marikit Park with one of the former USN fighter planes which were mounted on the former base but were put here and we see the new SM Mall going up. The 2nd USN fighter planes was near the former convention hall, at this time I don’t what happened to that plane.
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Zc486. This is the Tappan Park of the former Naval Station, the park is not always maintained the way it should. It, the church, and the Spanish Gate are about the only things left from the pre WWII Olongapo Naval Station. After we (the US Navy) left in 1992 a stature of James Gordon Sr. was added.
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Zc485. One of two shots of the beach along the old Water Front Road of the former Naval Station, this area is now the Moonbay Marina District. Karl on his walk thru SBFZ 2018-07-24, much of this trash ended up here on the Subic Bay Freeport Zone Beach because of the heavy rains on the 22nd Jul. SBFZ had the beach cleaned up in about 10 days, what a job! This happens every time during heavy rains. Too many people live on the slopes of the surrounding hills of Subic Bay.
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Zc278. Charlie Moser visited me at Subic Bay. Here we are on Mt. Cayuyag, north end of the bay of Subic Bay, and we see Grande Island about thumbs width left of my head. The other shipmate is a Korean-American and we all served in the Junk Boat Fleet (meaning the diving and salvage Navy). This is a 2015 image.
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