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Zg399

Zg399. (In picture 192) you should be able to recognize the few structures left from our Navy time. Right under us are the 4 barracks of the Transfer Personnel Unit (TPU), the Officer in charge in about the 80s told me he had about 64 Legal Hold-over’s. And you should be able to spot our […]

Zg398

Zg398. (In picture 191) we can recognize the large and high Philippine Flag. It flies at the same area where we flew the US and Philippine flags at lower flag poles, those two poles are still there. The road at left is the Canal Road. If you look sharp you should be able to spot […]

Zg397

Zg397. (In picture 190) we see the two bridges from the SBFZ to Olongapo City. The 2nd bridge is the former Naval Base main gate bridge, being replaced right now. The closer bridge was built by the SBMA, the new Management and connects Manila Ave on Base to Rizal Ave in Olongapo.

Zg396

Zg396. (In picture 189) we see the former Cubi Point (actual geographic point) which has become a container port, we see the SW End of the Cubi Point run way and we see the two former ammunition wharfs which are now commercial enterprises. The last point at right is Camayan Point; I remember doing here […]

Zg395

Zg395. (In picture 188) we see the floating island at Half Moon Beach, the new High-Rice hotel in Barretto and on slopes above the former Subic Municipality Landfill a new housing development.

Zg394

Zg394. (In picture 187) we see the new Harbor Point Mall, the medium floating dry-dock and the new and very big fuel tanks.

Zg393

Zg393. (-185 and 186) plus the earlier image #177 are images on top of the Kalaklan Ridge Road/Trail at the approximate area above the Half Moon Beach area which houses the electric NGCP Olongapo Substation. On top of the trail people do live and at places the road is drivable. But today vehicles use a […]

Zg390

Zg390. (Image 174), for your orientation, left is the new SM Mall of Olongapo, where the Olongapo Hospital used to be. This picture really shows the big change from the Naval Base to a Freeport Zone. All the big structures left of the former NSD and behind Olongapo are all new and big structures of […]

Zg391

Zg391. (Image 176) also shows many changes. We see the Philippine Flag left of a high-rise and many other large buildings have been built on the former Naval Station. You should make out the words Harbor Point, that is a new Ayala Mall on the former Base (we have 4 Malls now in Olongapo and […]

Zg389

Zg389. (Image 173) shows Olongapo City in front, the former NSD with old and new warehouses with a merchant ship in. Left of it we see the former Naval Base power plant and the new one with a high exhaust stack; left of that we see one of the golf greens near the Binictican road.