Subic Bay, SBFZ, ex Naval Base

[Karl Welteke]

Subic Bay Views 18th Dec. 2022, a clear day

On my walk today on the ridge behind my house, which I call the Barrio Barretto West Ridge, I enjoyed a clear day. And I said to myself, shoot pictures and share. I posted them here, into this Flickr account and so they are available in high resolution.

I posted 21 images with high resolution into this Flickr album: (Two maps are provided)

www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72177720304528826

For this Forum presentation I chose these 7 images:





Z033. (# 00) image is a Barrio Barretto, Olongapo City image from above.



Z034. (#03) image shows the beach of Barrio Barretto, Olongapo City



Z035. (#06) is an image of Barrio Barretto, Baloy Long Beach and the Agila Subic Shipyard on Redondo Peninsular.



Z036. (#12) is an image of Barrio Barretto, Baloy Long Beach and the Agila Subic Shipyard on Redondo Peninsular.



Z037. (#13) image shows the location of our infamous “Subic City”.



Z038. (#15) images shows the area and scenic view of the Matain River, up- river. This river valley is our west neighbor valley. Olongapo City is in the other direction.



Z039. (#16) images shows the area and scenic view of the Matain River, up- river. This river valley is our west neighbor valley. Olongapo City is in the other direction.

[Karl Welteke]

Tipo Hightech ECO Park Trail.

The Tipo Hightech ECO Park is a massive new investment in the former Naval Base Subic Bay, which is now the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) A SBFZ resident told me about the trail and I walked it on the 11th Jan. 2023 and took these pictures.

42 images have been posted in this Flickr album, if you are interested about news of SBFZ or the former Naval Base Subic Bay. They show images of the Kalayaan Housing area, where I started the walk. They show the trail thru the Subic Bay Rainforest, trails of the Aeta (Negritos) people and how they use the forest. Thru this project, they lost some of their forest. And here are numerous images about the construction of this investment with geographic landmarks indicated.

-Uploaded to Flickr as an album, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72177720305169028

-For this forum presentation I only chose these 5 images and used my album image descriptions and let them stand here:



Zg066. # 00 to 06. This is one of several images of my walk to the Tipo Hightech ECO Park on SBFZ on the 11th of Jan. 2023. They predict, show my GPS track, maps and other data of this walk. This presentation has only 42 images from the collection of 52 images I have in my file.
On the 20th Nov 2022 I made a similar walk on the east side of this investment and posted about 20 images in my webpage, click here:

philippine-sailor.net/sbfz-perimeter-walk-22-11-22/

-#07 to 19. This is one of several images of the SBFZ Kalayaan Housing area and the street Greyback, where I started my walk to the Tipo Hightech Eco Park. The trail really starts at the water tank, just above the housing area.




Zg067. -21 to 26. This is one of several images of the trail from the water tank in Kalayaan Housing to the new massive Tipo Hightech Eco Park. The trail may have been recently cut/made to lay a water pipe to this new high tech park. Near the park, the end of this trail was a water valve. One picture shows that wild pics have dug in this ground looking for food.



Zg068. -#28 to 32. A well used foot trail went off to the right, the direction of the Tipo-Subic Expressway. Other trails split away also, but I did not follow them (in the future). This area seems to be used by the Aetas; I came across banana and taro patches and three small native temporary structures. One native had cut some bamboo, he said for tourists.



Zg069. -#33 to 37. This is the panorama view of the new massive investment of the Tipo Hightech ECO Park on the SBFZ near its Tipo Security Gate. It is still under construction but it has a page on the www. These views are from the west; this is the Subic Bay area. This picture is one of several of these views.



Zg070. -#33 to 37. This is the panorama view of the new massive investment of the Tipo Hightech ECO Park on the SBFZ near its Tipo Security Gate. It is still under construction but it has a page on the www. These views are from the west; this is the Subic Bay area. This picture is one of several of these views.

-#38 to 50. This is one of several images of the end of my walk to the Tipo Hightech ECO Park on SBFZ. I descended down the construction site. All the machinery stopped working about 10 am; it may be a coffee break. I came across a work gang laying more water pipes. I also came across a party of 3 Aetas who said they were going to the Royal Supermarket which is located in the buildings of our previous Navy Main Navy Exchange and Commissary.

[Karl Welteke]

SBFZ Main Gate Bridge 2020 to 2023

The Main Gate Bridge is to be replaced by the new management of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) the former Naval Base Subic Bay. There is obviously a problem, contract or otherwise, 3 full years it is in the works now. But maybe the tide is turning. As a former member of the base and residing here in Subic Bay my friends and I are interested in our former base and we collected these pictures over a 3 year period. Several pictures are from my friend Carlito Pickering.

-Uploaded to Flickr as an album with 36 images, and most are in high resolution:
www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72177720305339044

For this forum presentation I chose these 5 pictures but I let the picture descriptions for the Flickr album stand here, Pictures #00 to # 03 show the beginning work of replacing the SBFZ Main Gate Bridge (ex Subic Bay Naval Base) in January 2020. Notice the Shoemart (SM) Mall on the Olongapo side of the drainage canal; this is the 3rd Mall we have now in Olongapo City and the SBFZ, I like it.



Zg071. -Pictures #00 to # 03 show the beginning work of replacing the SBFZ Main Gate Bridge (ex Subic Bay Naval Base) in January 2020. Notice the Shoemart (SM) Mall on the Olongapo side of the drainage canal; this is the 3rd Mall we have now in Olongapo City and the SBFZ, I like it.



Zg072. -Pictures #00 to # 03 show the beginning work of replacing the SBFZ Main Gate Bridge (ex Subic Bay Naval Base) in January 2020. Notice the Shoemart (SM) Mall on the Olongapo side of the drainage canal; this is the 3rd Mall we have now in Olongapo City and the SBFZ, I like it.

-Picture # 3a shows the Naval Base Subic Bay Main Gate Bridge in the 1980-82 period. This picture came from: Olongapo 80-82, Flickr, mtfrazier, bridge.

-Pictures # 04 to # 06 show the work progress in 2020, one sees a new covered walkway is being constructed. The old walkway was removed and our former Naval Base Gate is also gone now.

-Pictures # 07 to # 12 show the new temporary covered walkway across the SBFZ Main Gate Bridge 2020 to 2023. It leads from or to the SM Olongapo City (Down Town) Mall Boardwalk. I like the new covered SBFZ Main Gate Bridge walkway and the SM Boardwalk; it keeps you protected against rain and sun.



Zg073. -Pictures # 13 to # 23 show the work progress or lack thereof in 2021 of the SBFZ Main Gate Bridge (ex Subic Bay Naval Base) project. The pictures include some nice views of the SBFZ, the former Naval Base Subic Bay. Some of the pictures were shot from the 7th Floor of the SM Olongapo City (Down Town) Mall’ the 5th and 6th are covered parking areas, nice view points towards the former Naval Base Subic Bay.

-Pictures # 24 to # 26 show only slow progress at this SBFZ Main Gate Bridge (ex Subic Bay Naval Base) project. If you look close, you can see the Aguinaldo Street (our old “Liberty Route”) between the CPO Club Parking lot and the Remy Sports Field being concreted.



Zg074. -Picture # 27 is a Picture of the new SBFZ Chairman Rolen Paulino Sr. who took over in March 2022; he was the Mayor of Olongapo after the Gordon’s lost the election for mayor. In this picture, I met him on Abra Street, in Barrio Barretto where he was handing out rice. I had asked him for a picture and he friendly agreed, so I got a nice picture. I asked him about the Main Gate Bridge and he said something will happen soon. Why, me in an Army shirt, I like that shirt for walking and besides the Army fellows are my brothers and sisters.



Zg075. -Pictures # 28 to # 34. I t seems work has picked up in this 2nd half of 2022 on the SBFZ Main Gate Bridge (ex Subic Bay Naval Base) project but I’m not sure. We hope they will get it done this year, 2023!

[Karl Welteke]

Olongapo Bypass Road?

For the last two years I have been watching this project. There is no project sign and people just said it is a new road to Bataan. First when the bridge was built, I said to myself; “a bridge to nowhere”. But I think it only could serve the purpose of a bypass road, around Olongapo. They have continued about 200 meter across the bridge, towards the east, but no further. Waiting for a new budget allocation, I speculate. The Zambales traffic, thru Olongapo, has increased tremendously and a bypass road is needed

I established an album in my Flickr account with 16 images in high resolution; this is the URL:

www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72177720305523667

For this forum presentation I chose these 5 images but they are much smaller. And I let stand here all the descriptions used in the Flickr album.



Zg100. (-00) Image. The new bridge over the Matain River, it only could serve the purpose of having an Olongapo Bypass Road, I speculate.



Zg101. (-00a & 00b) Images. Maps for this story about an Olongapo Bypass Road.



Zg102. (-00a & 00b) Images. Maps for this story about an Olongapo Bypass Road.



Zg103. (-01) The suspected Olongapo Bypass Road is being improved with proper shoulders and embankments. This is about ½ km west of the new Matain River Bridge.

-02, -05, -07, -08, -09 images show that dirt; earth has been deposited for the Olongapo Bypass Road bed to advance the road about 200 meters towards the east and east of the new Matain River Bridge. -08. Shows an Alibang farmer preparing a field for planting.



Zg104. (-03) Image; a view from the new concrete road back, which is running towards the new Matain River Bridge.

-04, -11. Images show the ongoing culvert work of the Naugsol Creek/River at its mouth where it flows into the Matain River, just before one enters Naugsol.

-06. Image shows the Matain River, about 400 meter up-river from the new Matain River Bridge. The two peaks at right, the right one I climbed a few times, the left one I failed to climb, underbrush was to thick or slopes too steep.

-10. Image shows the Matain River Bridge, which I speculate is part of a future Olongapo Bypass Road. As of yesterday the 25th of Jan. 2023 work was ongoing at this bridge, about 100 meter of two lane road have been poured at either end of the bridge and the embankment slopes have been fortified with coconut fiber netting to help vegetation to take roots. This bypass road, if indeed it is, will have to conquer many ridges and valleys before it reaches the SCTEX in Bataan.

-12. Image shows a constructed ford over/under the Matain River, it is located about 400 meters down-river from the new Matain River Bridge. I thought it is a unique way/work of a private enterprise. Right next to it used to be private concrete bridge but did not stand-up against the test of time.

-13. Show the 200 meter of dirt/earth deposited on the east side of the Matain River Bridge. The engineers, people of Alibang realized this cut had to be made and in the future a culvert is needed here. In back is Kalaklan Ridge, which is the first ridgeline this new road has to conquer.

[Karl Welteke]

Beach Bash 2023, VFW 11447 Subic Bay, 19th Feb. Sunday

6 pictures, in low resolution, are presented here. 101 images have been uploaded in high resolution into this Flickr album, click here:

www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72177720306124039

A short presentation of 14 images is in my Facebook and is shared with: Subic Bay Expats, Barretto Bars, SBH3, WESTPAC SAILOR, Raging Main, Retired Sailor, I remember NAVSTA & AIRSTA CUBI, RUMP PHIL, click here:

www.facebook.com/karlwilhelm.welteke/posts/pfbid0aQvmu1BzLPG7Ecv9svuXvf5nPf8fzU53PvJge2rioCreoX5yZiB8R7pN7RmcVpWpl

This is an album of the 29th Beach Bash, organized by the VFW Post 11447 in Barrio Barretto in Olongapo City between the 16th to 19th Feb 2023. The 1st one after the virus from Red China! These are raw pictures, not edited nor are people indentified or actions are described. They are in high resolution.

Because I was on a exploring and flag raising anniversary trip to Corregidor, I only observed about 4 hours Sunday afternoon and when the Miss Beach Bash competition started, I called it quits; other matters required my attention.

My impression was that this event was well organized and attended today. The venue at the Arizona Hotel also seemed to be a good choice.

To my diver friends, 4 divers are shown (in the long album)!

The same picture description for all pictures

This is a picture of the 29th Beach Bash, organized by the VFW Post 11447 in Barrio Barretto in Olongapo City between the 16th to 19th Feb 2023. The 1st one after the virus!



Zg135. The Beach Bash stage! At the left edge of the picture we can see Grande Island, the former Fort Wint.



Zg136. Three shipmates, we were stationed together in the Pearl Harbor Navy Diving School in the first half of the 1980s decade. It was moving from the Sub-Base to Fort Island then.



Zg137. The judges’ tables for the Miss Beach Bash competition, the two important players for this event have a discussion.



Zg138. The Commander of VFW Post 11447 is giving the opening remarks for the Miss Beach Bash competition.



Zg139. The show of the Miss Beach Bash competition is about to begin, the judges are seated.



Zg140. This is the opening move for the Miss Beach Bash competition; all the contestants are on the stage and do a short dance routine.

[Karl Welteke]

Baloy Long Beach West End Demolished for development 2022/23

Baloy Long Beach belongs to the Barangay Barrio Barretto which is part of Olongapo City. It seems the whole Beach belongs to a private entity and the whole beach is considered private and out of town visitors have to pay an entrance fee

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In the last 4 month I saw the demolishment of the Baloy Long Beach West End and it seems for a large development. Baloy Long Beach is part of Olongapo and has the best beaches, easily reachable, in the Olongapo and Subic Bay area.

I happened to make Barrio Barretto my home and it proudly shares a long Military history. It was a Naval Rifle Range before the war plus the Marines and Army used it as a training area and the Army Fort Wint had artillery pieces in place here. In 1945 it became the Naval Supply Depot and was returned to Philippine Authorities perhaps late as 1959.

33 images have been posted in these two venues:

Uploaded to my PhB, Philippines including my walking, No. 2 Philippines event #2 by year, 2022 OC,SB,BB,Zam, click here:
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/2134d45a-7266-4169-8aa4-0a2af5e9eef6

Uploaded to my Facebook as an album and shared with: SBH3, Barretto Bars, Subic Bay Expats, RUMP, click here
www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=karlwilhelm.welteke&set=a.10225566088652762

A short version of 11 pictures are in my webpage, in this URL: philippine-sailor.net/baloy-long-beach-west-end-demolished-for-development-2022-23/

For this forum presentation I chose these 6 pics. The picture numbers referred to are based on the two albums above.
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Zg156. (-Pictures # 00 & 01). Google maps of the demolished area.



Zg158. (-Pictures #02 to 09 minus numbers #07 & 08). These pictures show the beginning of the demolishment of the Baloy Beach West End for development, we see many walls still standing and people gathered in disbelieve. This group of images is dated the 10th and 23rd of Oct. 2022.



Zg159. (-Pictures #02 to 09 minus numbers #07 & 08). These pictures show the beginning of the demolishment of the Baloy Beach West End for development, we see many walls still standing and people gathered in disbelieve. This group of images is dated the 10th and 23rd of Oct. 2022.



Zg163. (Pictures #07, 08, 21 and #22) show the best house in the area also gets demolished in spite of displaying a sign with listing all the document they had filed in the past concerning this residence in Baloy Beach.



Zg164.(-Pictures #23, 24 and 25) show further demolition, the guarded gate to the area and the demolition court order.



Zg166 (-Pictures #31 and 32) show the investor of the Baloy Long Beach West End Development sitting on the beach with his spouse and the foreman of his development guard detail. He told me, his name is Larry from the US SW and is in development which should start in a few months, the date of this picture is the 16th of Jan. 2023.

[rlbj25]

So the people who had the nice house and documentation to prove their ownership lost it anyway?

[Karl Welteke]

Inflatable Islands in Subic Bay 2023

Just another Tidbit Story from the former home of the US Navy. It is April 2023 tomorrow and that is when here the local summer starts. Indeed the temperature raised 2 to 3 degree Celsius about 3 days ago.

If you are interested 18 images are uploaded into this new Flickr album in high resolution, click here:

www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72177720307135436

4 images were chosen for this forum presentation, image numbers refer to the 18 image collection in the Flickr album:



Zg193. (02)

-#01 to #06 images show the highway side of this new business, which seems to be called “Inflatable Island” for right now. It is on a large lot at the west side of the mouth of the Maquinaya River which never was commercial utilized except as truck storage site, just for 2 or 3 years or so and only in recent times. The Maquinaya River gave its name of the present Barrio Barretto area. This Maquinaya Area or now called Barretto used to be the Naval Rifle Range and was also used for field training by the US Marines and US Army (Fort Wint-Grande Island) until Christmas 1941 when the Philippine and US Forces retreated to Bataan in WWII. In 1945, after liberation the area became the US Naval Supply Depot, perhaps until 1959 when it was returned to the Philippine authority. Two pictures show that the facilities, inside, are being built with native material. If you are interested I collected some historical Images of this area and posted them into this URL, click here:

philippine-sailor.net/barretto-maquinaya-wwii/




Zg194. (09)
-#07 to #14 images show this new Inflatable Island from the west beach side and at the actual beach inside the compound. The pictures show as I approach this new Inflatable Island compound from the west and as I depart to the west. The pictures show the new Inflatable Island it seems to be all there already, but it is not open yet. On some pictures I marked the land marks to help you in your geographic orientation. And we can see the facilities are being built from native material. This new business does have a webpage, click here:

www.theinflatableisland.com/




Zg195. (15)

-#15 is a picture of another inflatable island, maybe already in use maybe 2 years. The name for this enterprise is: Subic Fun Land and they have a Facebook page. It is nearby on the Barretto Beach in front of the business Palm Tree Resort, which is adjacent, and west of the famous Mango Resort which just a few days ago celebrated its 30 year Anniversary. Check out their anniversary URL, click here:

www.facebook.com/gercheann.gallegos/posts/pfbid02kzVV6A9nBUCzQsJWs23szpTfyBFbqEfTVwJkX4E8ENRpZuSVDXyxqpRkrifier1Rl




Zg196. (16)

-#16 to #18 images are of the first and original inflatable Island, which is called Samba Bluewater Resort. It is located at the Half Moon Beach and cove; this area was also called Kale Beach for a couple of decades but the name seems to be fading. It seems to be an impressive inflatable island and on weekends their parking lot seems to be packed.

Here is their active webpage, click here:

www.sambabluewater.com/

[Karl Welteke]

Subic Bay News 2023, 2nd Album
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This is the 2nd album of news from Subic Bay, for the first album, click here: philippine-sailor.net/subic-bay-news-2023-1st-album/

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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.



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.



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.



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).



Zg250. 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.

[Karl Welteke]

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 (Station ID Number) 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 (Station ID Number) 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 (Station ID Number) 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 (Station ID Number) Commissary Department 1953 to 55.