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Zc828. 181016 Mc Arthur’s Lodge Main Building Renovation 002. This lady and a helper was cooking for the renovation workers, attended to my room, spoke English well and came from Boracay and was very friendly like most Filipinos.

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Zc827. 181017 Mc Arthur’s Lodge Main Building Renovation 001. The same framing but new plywood for the renovation of the main building of the former MacArthur Café.

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ZC825. Corregidor Ferry Boat announcement from the Sun Cruises Inc. on Facebook

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Zc824. Corregidor Fees as of 6th Sep. 2018.

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Zc823. Mc Arthur’s Lodge Fees as of 6th Sep. 2018

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An aerial view of the harbor with docked ships, including the guided missile frigate USS BROOKE (FFG-1) and the guided missile cruiser USS HALSEY (CG-23) docked bow to bow with the Filipino corvette RPS RIZAL (PS-69) and the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7) docked at the stern of the destroyer USS O’BRIEN (DD-975) and the guided missile destroyer USS BUCHANAN (DDG-14).Zc819. This is a view of the U. S. Naval Base Subic Bay in 1981 from the U. S. National Archives; we are looking from above the Ship Repair Facility (SRF) towards the fuel pier, Lower MAU (Marine Amphibious Unit) and the Boton River Valley.

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Zc818.A comparable view of the former U. S. Naval Base Subic Bay in 1981 from the U. S. National Achieves, as it looks now from Google Earth in 2018. We notice that 1= this admin building has been extended, 2=these two barracks became 1 hotel, 3= Enlistment Men Boat Landing where I stepped ashore in 1962, the Movie theatre still stands but is not used much for anything, 5=other barracks that are hotels now, 6=Spanish Gate, 7= these MWR buildings collapsed and here is now a big hotel, 8= ex Post Office-now a cocktail lounge, 9= ex mess hall houses various businesses, 10= the former Fleet Exchange houses a similar business, 11=various businesses and USS William H. Standley-CG32. This is a Google Earth 2018 image of the SBFZ marked-up by me.

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A port beam view of the guided missile cruiser USS WILLIAM H. STANDLEY (CG-32) docked at a pier.Zc817. A view of the U. S. Naval Base Subic Bay in 1981 from the U. S. National Archives, this picture shows much of the eastern part of the Naval Station Subic Bay in 1981.

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Zc822. A comparable view of the former U. S. Naval Base Subic Bay in 1981 from the U. S. National Archives. This is a Google Earth 2018 image of the SBFZ marked-up by me. In front is much of the former Ship Repair Facility, Navy Ships still visit sometime. We see also: 1=Spanish Gate, 2=part of the SRF HQ-Pinatubo collapsed it, now an upper resort, 3 + 4=the floating dry docks, 5=my diving locker, 6=ex Bicentennial Park-now Volunteer Park, 7=SPECWAR Camp (Special Warfare-SEALS),8= birthplace of my Harbor Clearance Unit-1 (HCU-1) now the SBFZ =Marina,9=the Causeway-ex road to the Navy Coaling Pier and Boton area, 10=the ex Far East Fleet Exchange-now a similar store, 11= the Navy Mess Hall-one of the Best-now various businesses.

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A starboard view of the oiler USNS HASSAYAMPA (T-AO-145) docked at the pier with other ships.Zc821. This is a view of the U. S. Naval Base Subic Bay in 1981 from the U. S. National Archives; we see most of the Ship Repair Facility (SRF), the west end of the Naval Supply Depot (NSD), the Special Warfare Camp (SEAL), the US Bicentennial Park and Pond which is now the Volunteer Park,-Pond and Memorial, my Diving Locker Building, the two floating dry docks etc.