Zg239. This is one of 5 images, shot in 2023, of the SBFZ Magsaysay Bridge being reconstructed. The picture of the bridge construction sign was shot by Carlito Pickering. Notice all the changes of construction in the SBFZ around the entrance of the New Magsaysay Bridge. Aguinaldo Street, our former Liberty Route is also newly re-concreted.
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This is the 2nd album of news from Subic Bay, for the first album, click here:
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The former Naval Base Main Gate Bridge is being replaced. This project is now already 3 years in progress but it seems it, is now pursued with new energy. The bridge now is called the Magsaysay Bridge by the new management of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ). In March my friend Carlito Pickering noticed a new sign was posted, he took that picture and it sports a picture of the new bridge when completed. The other 4 images were shot in late April 2023.
Zg240. This is one of 5 images, shot in 2023, of the SBFZ Magsaysay Bridge being reconstructed. The picture of the bridge construction sign was shot by Carlito Pickering. Notice all the changes of construction in the SBFZ around the entrance of the New Magsaysay Bridge. Aguinaldo Street, our former Liberty Route is also newly re-concreted.
Zg241. This is one of 5 images, shot in 2023, of the SBFZ Magsaysay Bridge being reconstructed. The picture of the bridge construction sign was shot by Carlito Pickering. Notice all the changes of construction in the SBFZ around the entrance of the New Magsaysay Bridge. Aguinaldo Street, our former Liberty Route is also newly re-concreted.
Zg242. This is one of 5 images, shot in 2023, of the SBFZ Magsaysay Bridge being reconstructed. The picture of the bridge construction sign was shot by Carlito Pickering. Notice all the changes of construction in the SBFZ around the entrance of the New Magsaysay Bridge. Aguinaldo Street, our former Liberty Route is also newly re-concreted.
Zg243. This is one of 5 images, shot in 2023, of the SBFZ Magsaysay Bridge being reconstructed. The picture of the bridge construction sign was shot by Carlito Pickering. Notice all the changes of construction in the SBFZ around the entrance of the New Magsaysay Bridge. Aguinaldo Street, our former Liberty Route is also newly re-concreted.
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This segment of 4 pictures is from Carlito Pickering. He was a Brownshoe-Sailor and likes to check up on his old duty station the former Cubi Point Naval Air Station. He noticed that the former boat pier landing for the former Hanjin Shipyard is refurbished and has a new sign. It seems the new investors, who acquired the former Korean Company Shipyard, are using it for the same purpose. It is a lot shorter route to the Agila Subic Compass, Inc., than the long road drive via the Municipality Castillejos.
Zg244. This is one of 4 images of the former Hanjin Shipyard boat landing, it is now used for the same purpose by the new management of Agila Subic (Agila Subic Compass, INC) which took over the Hanjin Ship Yard. It is located on the north side and near the west end of the former Cubi Point Naval Air Station Runway, now the Subic Bay International Airport.
Zg245. This is one of 4 images of the former Hanjin Shipyard boat landing, it is now used for the same purpose by the new management of Agila Subic (Agila Subic Compass, INC) which took over the Hanjin Ship Yard. It is located on the north side and near the west end of the former Cubi Point Naval Air Station Runway, now the Subic Bay International Airport.
Zg246. This is one of 4 images of the former Hanjin Shipyard boat landing, it is now used for the same purpose by the new management of Agila Subic (Agila Subic Compass, INC) which took over the Hanjin Ship Yard. It is located on the north side and near the west end of the former Cubi Point Naval Air Station Runway, now the Subic Bay International Airport.
Zg247. This is one of 4 images of the former Hanjin Shipyard boat landing, it is now used for the same purpose by the new management of Agila Subic (Agila Subic Compass, INC) which took over the Hanjin Ship Yard. It is located on the north side and near the west end of the former Cubi Point Naval Air Station Runway, now the Subic Bay International Airport.
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Press release by the US Embassy in Manila, it includes the aircraft image at Subic Bay:
From April 11 to 28, more than 17,600 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. military participated in Balikatan 2023, an annual bilateral exercise between the two allies and the largest iteration of Balikatan to date.
This year marks the 38th iteration of the exercise, incorporating training activities throughout the Philippines.
USS John P. Murtha LPD-26 participated, and is moored at Rivera Wharf of the former Subic Bay Ship Repair Facility (SRF).
Zg248. Through the Balikatan 2023 Joint Mobility Coordination Center, a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III carrying equipment to support the Philippines’ oil spill response in Oriental Mindoro lands at Subic Bay International Airport on March 25.
Zg248. USS John P. Murtha LPD-26 participated in Balikatan 2023, an annual bilateral exercise between the two allies and the largest iteration of Balikatan to date, and is moored at Rivera Wharf of the former Subic Bay Ship Repair Facility (SRF).
Zg249. USS John P. Murtha LPD-26 participated in Balikatan 2023, an annual bilateral exercise between the two allies and the largest iteration of Balikatan to date, and is moored at Rivera Wharf of the former Subic Bay Ship Repair Facility (SRF).
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The Masons of Zambales erected an Obelisk to Highlight Subic Bay and all its Citizens and Residents. It is right in front of the former Subic Bay Naval Supply Depot (NSD) Gate. Notice, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chose to keep the NSD Name. At the picture of the NSD Gate, the first two large ware houses at right were built by the new Subic Bay Freeport Zone Management (SBMA). The Navy building or buildings there collapsed under the Mt. Pinatubo Lahar and the Typhoon rainwater. The three big warehouses further-in are the original Navy ones and they survived Mt. Pinatubo and another 31 years under a new management.
Zg251. This is one of 7 images of the new Obelisk the Masons of Zambales erected recently in front of the former Subic Bay Naval Supply Depot at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone to Highlight Subic Bay and all its Citizens and Residents.
Zg252. This is one of 7 images of the new Obelisk the Masons of Zambales erected recently in front of the former Subic Bay Naval Supply Depot at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone to Highlight Subic Bay and all its Citizens and Residents.
Zg253. This is one of 7 images of the new Obelisk the Masons of Zambales erected recently in front of the former Subic Bay Naval Supply Depot at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone to Highlight Subic Bay and all its Citizens and Residents.
Zg254. This is one of 7 images of the new Obelisk the Masons of Zambales erected recently in front of the former Subic Bay Naval Supply Depot at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone to Highlight Subic Bay and all its Citizens and Residents.
Zg255. This is one of 7 images of the new Obelisk the Masons of Zambales erected recently in front of the former Subic Bay Naval Supply Depot at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone to Highlight Subic Bay and all its Citizens and Residents.
Zg256. This is one of 7 images of the new Obelisk the Masons of Zambales erected recently in front of the former Subic Bay Naval Supply Depot at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone to Highlight Subic Bay and all its Citizens and Residents.
Zg257. This is one of 7 images of the new Obelisk the Masons of Zambales erected recently in front of the former Subic Bay Naval Supply Depot at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone to Highlight Subic Bay and all its Citizens and Residents.
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Four Historical Pictures from Subic Bay, 1953-55 Subic Bay Naval Station Food Service Department.
These pictures were provided to the Historian of the Battling Bastards of Bataan, Federico Baldassarre who passed them on to me because he knew that I am interested in Subic Bay pictures but he could not tell me anything about the source or dates.
After sharing the pictures on Facebook, a highly knowledgeable and interesting person identified the pictures and offered this information. He is Steven C. Karoly and has a Facebook page, he is a retired Senior Chief Mess Management Specialist from the U.S. Navy. He wrote this:
These photos were taken between 1953 and 1955. Chief Pay Clerk Chester Millard Smith (Jan. 15, 1911-Feb. 25, 1993) received orders to Naval Station Subic Bay sometime around May 1953. Around March 1955 he transferred to the Naval Supply Depot Subic Bay. He was transferred to Stockton, Calif., around June 1955.
This information comes from the Navy Supply Corps Newsletter, May 1953 issue (p. 51), March 1955 issue (p. 29) and June 1955 issue (p. 29), respectively. Smith retired Sept. 1, 1957.
Smith was a World War II POW, captured after the USS Pope (DD-225) was sunk by the Japanese in the Second Battle of the Java Sea. He was repatriated in late 1945. He was a Ship’s Cook First Class at the time of his capture in March 1942.
Zg258. One of Four Historical Pictures from Subic Bay, 1953-55 Subic Bay Naval Station Food service Department or the U.S. Naval Station 3002 Commissary Department 1953 to 55.
Zg259. One of Four Historical Pictures from Subic Bay, 1953-55 Subic Bay Naval Station Food Service Department or the U.S. Naval Station 3002 Commissary Department 1953 to 55.
Zg260. One of Four Historical Pictures from Subic Bay, 1953-55 Subic Bay Naval Station Food Service Department or the U.S. Naval Station 3002 Commissary Department 1953 to 55.
Zg261. One of Four Historical Pictures from Subic Bay, 1953-55 Subic Bay Naval Station Food Service Department or the U.S. Naval Station 3002 Commissary Department 1953 to 55.