Media Category: U.S. Navy
In my life as sailor, the Philippine-Sailor, I saw much of the world, thanks to the U.S. Navy. It was my life and it brought to my last harbor, the Philippine. This is the U.S. Navy category.
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Ze634. No. 3 gun from the USS Ward on Dec. 7, 2004, during the observance of Pearl Harbor Day on the state Capitol Mall in St. Paul.
A VFW color guard stands near the No. 3 gun from the USS Ward on Dec. 7, 2004, during the observance of Pearl Harbor Day on the state Capitol Mall in St. Paul. Several crew members from the Ward were on hand to mark the 63rd anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Hawaii that brought the United States into World War II. The Ward — a destroyer heavily manned by naval reservists from St. Paul — fired the first American shot of the war, sinking a Japanese miniature submarine trying to sneak into Pearl Harbor a little more than an hour before the surprise air attack. After the war ended, the men from the reserve unit formed the First Shot Naval Vets club in St. Paul. They helped get the gun from the Ward brought to St. Paul in 1958. (Craig Borck / Pioneer Press)
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Ze354. The Subic Bay Naval Base power plant in 2019 and the greater area around it with descriptions by the numbers: 1= the old Naval Base Power Plant (not being used); 2= the new SBFZ Power Plant; 3= the horse stables (they were completely rebuilt); 4= an additional smaller fuel pier was built; 5= this was a hill and was used to build the new container port as fill and these new huge fuel tanks were built; 6= Toyota-the new car dealership (nearby, off camera, Ford and Chevrolet also have dealerships here; 7= the Mitsubishi car dealership; 8= New commercial development (just before the Base Negotiation the Navy started a new hospital and dropped it before the end of the negotiations); 9= a huge new commercial development (we only had wetland and a skeet shoot here); 10= our former Main NEX and Commissary building (it is a big Supermarket with a small department store section).
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Ze347. This is the Cubic Point Naval Air Station Barracks and Administrative Facilities in 1982. The Leyte Wharf and area has become a grain port. The officer Club was used 1996 for the APEC Meeting and President Clinton was here. The Officer Beach is gone and is now a Container Port. The whole former base is now called the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) and is managed by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). The barracks rooms are rented out as apartments.
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