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  2. Naval Base Manila - Wikipedia

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    US Navy map 1941, with Naval Station Sangley Point, Cavite shipyard, Naval Base Subic Bay, an ammunition depot in Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula, the city of Manila and Corregidor Island in Manila Bay shown Map of Manila, Naval Base Manila is at Cavite in Manila Bay. Naval Base Manila, Naval Air Base Manila was a major United States Navy ...

  3. United States naval bases in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Naval Base Manila was a major United States Navy base south of the City of Manila, on Luzon. Some of the bases dates back to 1898, the end of the Spanish–American War. Starting in 1938 civilian contractors were used to build new facilities in Manila to prepare for World War II.

  4. Naval Station Sangley Point - Wikipedia

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    At that time a tank farm was established as was an airfield and seaplane base. The Cañacao Naval Hospital Reservation was established on the western end. The US Navy continued to operate the hospital started by the Spanish. In the mid-1920s a modern new hospital was built as part of a major construction project to modernize the facility.

  5. U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay - Wikipedia

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    Naval Base Subic Bay was a major ship-repair, supply, and rest and recreation facility of the Spanish Navy and subsequently the United States Navy located in Zambales, Philippines. The base was 262 square miles (680 km 2 ), about the size of Singapore. [ 1 ]

  6. Fort Bonifacio - Wikipedia

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    The facility became the home of the Philippine Army and later the Philippine Navy and was renamed Fort Bonifacio. It lies in the present-day cities of Pasay, Parañaque, Pasig and Taguig, all former parts of the province of Rizal. [2] [3] The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial was later established there.

  7. Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays - Wikipedia

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    The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the invasion fleet on 23–26 October in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of the war, but were repulsed with heavy losses. [61] In December 1944 an empty Fort Wint was reclaimed "without firing a shot". [62] By early February 1945 much of the Manila area [63] and part of Bataan [64] had been ...

  8. Port of Subic Bay - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay was a major ship-repair, supply, and rest and recreation facility of the United States Navy located in Zambales, Philippines. It was the largest U.S. Navy installation in the Pacific and was the largest overseas military installation of the United States Armed Forces after Clark Air Base in Angeles City was closed ...

  9. Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone - Wikipedia

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    Following the Spanish–American War, Subic Bay became a U.S. Navy and Marine base, and grew to be a major facility. Until 1991, it was the base of the United States 7th Fleet. A red-light district developed around the base, drawn by the presence of American personnel. [5] The Official Logo of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority