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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]
View from inside of Subic Spanish Gate. The Subic Spanish Gate, is located at the corner of Dewey Avenue and Samson Road, Barangay New Kalalake, City of Olongapo, Zambales Province, Philippines, was built in 1885 when the Spanish Navy authorized the construction of the Arsenal de Olongapo, [1] after King Alfonso XII of Spain issued a royal decree declaring Subic Bay as a naval port in 1884.
Subic Bay's strategic location, sheltered anchorages, and deep water were first made known to the Europeans when the Mexico-born Spanish explorer Juan de Salcedo reported its existence to the Spanish authorities upon his return to Manila, after Salcedo arrived in Zambales to establish the Spanish crown, but it would be a number of years before the Spanish would consider establishing a base there.
While the Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone (as well as the agency responsible for the freeport zone's operations and management Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)) shares a name with a nearby town, it covers portions of Olongapo and the town of Subic in Zambales, and Hermosa and Morong in Bataan. It covers a total area of 67,452 ...
At 1100 hours on 25 April 1898, Reina Cristina and the rest of the squadron departed Manila Bay en route Subic Bay, where Montojo thought he could take advantage of a minefield and coastal defense guns in the face of the American naval attack he believed his squadron soon would face. However, when Montojo arrived at Subic Bay, he found that few ...
U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay (Olongapo Naval Station) closed 1992, now Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone; Leyte-Samar Naval Base (1944–1947) Naval Base Fiji (1942–1945) Naval Base Noumea at Nouméa, New Caledonia, major staging base (1942–1956)
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 ...