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A sign stands on a quiet day in what used to be AmericaÅfs largest overseas naval base at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Zambales province, northwest of Manila, Philippines on Monday Feb. 6, 2023.
Subic Bay is a bay on the west coast of the island of Luzon in the Philippines, about 100 kilometers (62 mi) northwest of Manila Bay.An extension of the South China Sea, its shores were formerly the site of a major United States Navy facility, U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, now an industrial and commercial area known as the Subic Bay Freeport Zone under the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
An aerial view of Cubi Point, and in the background, Naval Station Subic Bay. 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]
NAS Cubi Point and Naval Base Subic Bay were also prominently used during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield. On June 15, 1991, Mount Pinatubo, only 20 miles (32 km) from Subic Bay, erupted and blanketed the facility in ash 1 foot (30 cm) deep. Dependents were evacuated and the Navy began an intense clean-up effort to return the station ...
Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays at the Coast Defense Study Group; Forts in the Philippines at American Forts Network; Wainwright Report – Capt. Ben King's Report Post War; Fort Drum: Concrete Battleship of the Philippines; Fort Drum: Unsinkable Battleship in the Manila Bay, 1. part – Czech only
Subic Bay Gateway Park (formerly Subic Bay Industrial Park) Subic Techno Park On March 22, 2024, Sanyo Denki Philippines, Inc. Chairman Chihiro Nakayama with President Hirokazu Takeuchi and SBMA Chair, Eduardo L. Aliño led the inauguration ceremony of the P2.3-billion expansion project, phase 4 at the Subic Techno Park. The construction of a ...
It also serves the immediate area of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, the provinces of Bataan and Zambales, and the general area of Olongapo in the Philippines. The airport was known as the Naval Air Station Cubi Point , part of the Subic Naval Base of the United States Navy before its closure.
Subic Bay is part of Luzon Sea on the west coast of the island of Luzon in Zambales, Philippines, about 100 kilometers northwest of Manila Bay.Formerly the U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, it is now the location the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBF) managed by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).