Media Category: U.S. Naval Base 1940/50s

U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay was an important U.S. Outpost until Nov. 1992.

Zc886

Zc886

Zc886. SS Banshee aground on Cubi Shoals, just think, behind it the Navy Seabees flattened those hills, pushed them into the sea to build the long runway for the Cubi Point Naval Air Station. That work started shortly after 1951.

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Zc879

Zc879. LSM-292 on beach north of Macmany Point. That is just south of USMC Green Beach at Agusuhin Point.

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Zc883

Zc883. LST-324 on rocky beach at Point Cabangan, Subic Bay. LST-346, LST-559 and LCI-374 in Background. That is just west of Subic Town.

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Zc882

Zc882

Zc882. LST-410 ashore between Apalit Point and Cabangan Point, Subic Bay. That is just west of Subic Town.

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Zc881

Zc881

Zc881. LST-331 on west side of Apalit Point, Subic Bay. That is just west of Subic Town.

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Zc880

Zc880

Zc880. LST-331, LST-46, LST-410 aground in vicinity of Apalit Point, Subic Bay. That is just west of Subic Town.

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ZC871

ZC871

Zc871. LST-639 aground on Pamocan Shoals. Pamocan Point was about where the west end of the Cubi Point runway is today; the shoals are out a little more west. It is shown on one of the maps.

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ZC870

ZC870

Zc870.Subic Bay views, looking north toward Pequena Island and the Subic Town at right. What we Sailors called Subic City would be a little more right.

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ZC874

ZC874

Zc874. LSM-292 on beach north of Macmany Point, Subic Bay. In this picture we have a clear view of Mt. Cinco Picos.I am sure this is the next valley, south of the Agusuhin Valley, were the USMC Green Beach training area was and where now the Korean Shipyard Hanjin is located.

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ZC873

ZC873

Zc873. LSMs 147, 154, 88 69 in a nest and bow of LSM 439 – all aground in Triboa Bay. I suspect that the most of the ships of the Mothball Fleet Subic Bay were anchored here, in a nest, in Triboa Bay.

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