US Naval Base Philippines was number of

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bases in the Philippines Islands in the

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. Most were built by the US Navy

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s, Naval Construction Battalions, during

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. The US Naval Bases in Philippines were lost to the

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in December 1941 during the Philippines campaign of 1941–1942. In February 1945 the

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retook the Philippines in the Battle of Manila in 1945. Before the captured US bases on

Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, ...

were retaken the US Navy Seabees built a new large base,

Leyte-Samar Naval Base Leyte-Samar Naval Base was a large United States Navy base in the Philippines on the Islands of Leyte and Samar. The Base was built during World War II to support the many naval ships fighting and patrolling in the South West Pacific theatre of ...

, on the Philippine Island of

Leyte Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census. Since the accessibility of land has be ...

, starting in October 1944.

History

Naval Base Manila 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 base south of the City of Manila, on Luzon Island in the Philippines. Some of the bases dates back to 1898, t ...

was a major United States Navy base south of the

City of Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital city, capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanize ...

, on Luzon. Some of the bases dates back to 1898, the end of the

Spanish–American War , partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence , image = Collage infobox for Spanish-American War.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = (cl ...

. Starting in 1938 civilian contractors were used to build new facilities in Manila to prepare for

. With the

American-British-Dutch-Australian Command The American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command, or ABDACOM, was a short-lived, supreme command for all Allied forces in South East Asia in early 1942, during the Pacific War in World War II. The command consists of the forces of Austr ...

(ABDACOM) the

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tried to limit the advance of Japan. ABDACOM did not have enough troops or supplies to carry out the mission. Work stopped on December 23, 1941, when Manila was declared not defendable against the Empire of Japan southward advance, which took over the city on January 2, 1942, after the US declared it an

Open city In war, an open city is a settlement which has announced it has abandoned all defensive efforts, generally in the event of the imminent capture of the city to avoid destruction. Once a city has declared itself open the opposing military will be ...

. Many US Navy ships and submarines escaped the Philippines and traveled south to ports in

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. As Japan advanced south into Borneo these vessels fled further south to form the new US Naval Bases in Australia. US Navy personnel, including doctors and some nurses, that did not get evacuated from the bases became

POWs A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of ...

with the Troops in the

Battle of Bataan The Battle of Bataan ( tl, Labanan sa Bataan; January 7 – April 9, 1942) was fought by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth against Japan during World War II. The battle represented the most intense phase of the Japanese inva ...

. The nurses became known as the

Angels of Bataan The Angels of Bataan (also known as the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor" and "The Battling Belles of Bataan") were the members of the United States Army Nurse Corps and the United States Navy Nurse Corps who were stationed in the Philippines at t ...

for their care of the Troop till liberated in February 1945.Monahan, Evelyn M. & Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary (2003). ''All This Hell'', p. 31. US Navy construction and repair started in March 1945 with the taking of Manila in the

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Battle of Manila ending on March 2, 1945. Naval Base Manila supported the Pacific War and remained a major

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until its closure in 1971. To support the taking of Naval Base Manila the

Leyte Gulf Leyte Gulf is a gulf in the Eastern Visayan region in the Philippines. The bay is part of the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, and is bounded by two islands; Samar in the north and Leyte in the west. On the south of the bay is Mindana ...

was taken first and base construction started on October 20, 1944.

was made of base on both the island of Leyte and the islands of Samar. The US Naval bases for supported troops, ships, submarines,

PT boat A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. It was small, fast, and inexpensive to build, valued for its maneuverability and speed but hampered at the beginning of the ...

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s, supply depots, training camps, fleet recreation facilities, and ship repair depots. To keep supplies following the bases were supplied by the vast II United States Merchant Navy. After the war ended on

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, Leyte Gulf bases closed and the Naval Base Manila remained an

till in 1971. After the

Invasion of Lingayen Gulf The Invasion of Lingayen Gulf ( fil, Paglusob sa Golpo ng Lingayen), 6–9 January 1945, was an Allies of World War II, Allied Amphibious warfare, amphibious operation in the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Philippines during World War II. In t ...

on January 9, 1945, the Seabees built up a

Naval Base Lingayen LST-917 and other LST ships unloading at Lingayen Gulf January 1945 Naval Base Lingayen was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Lingayen Gulf on the northwestern Island of Luzon in the Philippines. The base was founded af ...

Lingayen Lingayen, officially the Municipality of Lingayen ( pag, Baley na Lingayen; ilo, Ili ti Lingayen; tgl, Bayan ng Lingayen), is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has ...

city and the surrounding gulf. In 1944 and 1945 Japan started using

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attacks on US Navy ships in the Philippines. With two large Naval Bases on Luzon:

and

Naval Base 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, about the size of Singapore. Th ...

, Naval Base Lingayen was closed after the war. Naval Base Subic Bay, like Naval Base Manila was base of Spain lost to the United States in the

Battle of Manila Bay The Battle of Manila Bay ( fil, Labanan sa Look ng Maynila; es, Batalla de Bahía de Manila), also known as the Battle of Cavite, took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish–American War. The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodo ...

1898. Subic Bay was lost to Japan in 1941 and retaken in January 1945. In 1992 the United States turned Naval Base Subic Bay over to the

Philippine Navy The Philippine Navy (PN) ( tgl, Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas, , Sea Army of the Philippines) ( es, Armada de Filipinas, , Ejército del Mar de las Filipinas) is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It has an es ...

Major Philippines Bases

FPO# 3142 **

Mariveles Naval Section Base 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 base south of the City of Manila, on Luzon Island in the Philippines. Some of the bases dates back to 1898, t ...

Naval Base Corregidor file:CoastalPlanManila.jpg, 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 base south of the Manila, City of Manila, on Luzon, Luzon Island in the Philippines. ...

Sternberg General Hospital Sternberg General Hospital or Department Hospital, Manila P was a United States Military Hospital in Manila in the Philippines during the early part of the 20th century. The hospital was renamed after George Miller Sternberg on June 26, 1920. No ...

Naval Station Sangley Point Naval Station Sangley Point was a communication and hospital facility of the United States Navy which occupied the northern portion of the Cavite City peninsula and is surrounded by Manila Bay, approximately eight miles southwest of Manila, th ...

FPO# 961 *

Naval Base Cavite Naval Station Pascual Ledesma, also known as Cavite Naval Base or Cavite Navy Yard, is a military installation of the Philippine Navy in Cavite City. In the 1940s and '50s, it was called Philippine Navy Operating Base. The naval base is located at ...

FPO# 954 *

FPO# 3002 *

FPO# 3201 **Tacloban Naval station, FPO# 3964 **Tolosa base **Jinamoc Seaplane Base **Calicoan Naval Base **Guiuan Naval Base **Tubabao Base **Salcedo PT Boat Base **Guiuan Naval hospital **Manicani Base *

Manicani Island Manicani is a small island in the Leyte Gulf, Philippines. The local governing body is the municipality of Guiuan of Eastern Samar province. Its 3,000 residents live in four barangays: San Jose, Banaag, Hamorawon and Buenavista. Housing and constr ...

Base FPO# 3864 **Naval Base at Hinundayan, Leyte, FPO# 3958 *

, Luzon, FPO# 3960 ***Naval Base at

San Fernando, La Union San Fernando City, officially the City of San Fernando ( ilo, Siudad ti San Fernando; fil, Lungsod ng San Fernando), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a pop ...

, FPO# 3863

Minor Philippines Bases

* Naval Base Puerto Princesa, Palawan, FPO# 3291 * Naval Base Calbayog, Samar, FPO# 3957 *Naval Base at

Casiguran Sound Casiguran may refer to the following municipalities in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb ...

, FPO# 1133 *Naval Base at

Cotabato Cotabato or North Cotabato ( hil, Aminhan Cotabato; ceb, Amihanang Cotabato; Maguindanaon: ''Pangutaran Kutawatu'', Jawi: ڤڠوترن كوتاواتو; fil, Hilagang Cotabato), officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked province in ...

, Mindanao, FPO# 1159 *Naval Base at San Antonio, Luzon, FPO# 3001 *Naval Base at

Masinloc Masinloc, officially the Municipality of Masinloc ( tl, Bayan ng Masinloc), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Zambales, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,529 people. Scarborough Shoal (under the nam ...

, Luzon, FPO# 3003 *Naval Base at

Batangas Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas ( tl, Lalawigan ng Batangas ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Its capital is the city of Batangas, and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and ...

, Luzon, FPO# 3004 *Naval Base at

Balayan Balayan, officially the Municipality of Balayan ( tgl, Bayan ng Balayan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 95,913 people. The town is rich among the natu ...

, Luzon, FPO# 3006 *Naval Base at

Baler Bay Baler Bay is a bay in the northeastern portion of Luzon island in the Philippines. It is an extension of the Philippine Sea and bordered by four municipalities of Aurora province. From mid September to early March, the bay is known for its great ...

, FPO# 3028 *Naval Base at Davao, Mindanao, FPO# 3042 *Naval Base at Zambonanga, FPO# 3070 *Naval Base at

San Jose, Mindoro San Jose, officially the Municipality of San Jose ( tgl, Bayan ng San Jose), is a 1st class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it ...

, FPO# 3100 *Naval Base at Bacolod, Negros, FPO# 3101 *Naval Base at

Ormoc Ormoc (IPA: �oɾˈmok, officially the City of Ormoc ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Ormoc; war, Syudad han Ormoc; fil, Lungsod ng Ormoc), is a 1st class independent component city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...

, Leyte, FPO# 3102 *Naval Base at

Laoag Laoag, officially the City of Laoag ( ilo, Siudad ti Laoag; fil, Lungsod ng Laoag), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 111,651 people. ...

, Luzon, FPO# 3106 *Naval Base at Dingalan, Luzon, FPO# 3107 *Naval Base at

Aparri Aparri ( ilo, Ili ti Aparri; tl, Bayan ng Aparri), officially the Municipality of Aparri, is a 1st class municipality in the province of , Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 68,839 people. It sits at the mouth of ...

, Luzon, FPO# 3132 *Naval Base at

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and ...

, FPO# 3133, PT Boat base *Naval Base at Legaspi, FPO# 3136 *Naval Base at

Vigan Vigan, officially the City of Vigan ( ilo, Siudad ti Vigan; fil, Lungsod ng Vigan), is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 53,935 people. Lo ...

, FPO# 3138 *Naval Base at Tawi-Tawi Island, FPO# 3144 *Naval Base at

Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...

, FPO# 3146 *Naval Base at

Batangas Bay Batangas Bay is a semi-enclosed body of water situated in the province of Batangas in Luzon island in the Philippines. The bay is an extension of the Verde Island Passage and is separated from the Balayan Bay to the west by the Calumpan Peninsula ...

, FPO# 3160 *Naval Base at

Mactan Island Mactan is a densely populated island located a few kilometers (~1 mile) east of Cebu Island in the Philippines. The island is part of Cebu province and it is divided into the city of Lapu-Lapu and the municipality of Cordova. The island is sep ...

, FPO# 3858, depot, repair, seaplane base *Naval Base at

Cagayan Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering ...

, Mindanao, FPO# 3955 *Naval Base at Buenavista, Mindanao, FPO# 3956 *Naval Base at

Iloilo Iloilo (), officially the Province of Iloilo ( hil, Kapuoran sang Iloilo; krj, Kapuoran kang Iloilo; tl, Lalawigan ng Iloilo), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the City of Iloilo, the ...

, Panay, FPO# 3959, PT Boat, depot, repair depot *Naval Base at

Masbate Masbate, officially the Province of Masbate ( Masbateño: ''Probinsya san Masbate''; tl, Lalawigan ng Masbate), is an island province in the Philippines located near the midsection of the nation's archipelago. Its provincial capital is Masbate ...

, Masbate, FPO# 3961 *Naval Base at Misamis, Mindanao, FPO#3962 *Naval Base at

Sarangani Sarangani, officially the Province of Sarangani ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sarangani; hil, Kapuoran sang Sarangani; Maguindanaon: ''Dairat nu Sarangani'', Jawi: دايرت نو سارڠني; fil, Lalawigan ng Sarangani), is a province in the Philipp ...

, Mindanao, FPO# 3963 *Naval Base at

Basilan Island Basilan, officially the Province of Basilan ( cbk, Provincia de Basilan; yka, Wilayah Basilanin; tsg, Wilaya' sin Basilan; fil, Lalawigan ng Basilan), is an island province of the Philippines located primarily in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Reg ...

, Mindanao, PT Boats, Puerto Isbela *Naval Base at

Mangarin Bay Mangarin Bay is a bay of the South China Sea, on the west coast of Mindoro island, in Occidental Mindoro Province of the Philippines. The bay is shoal, and sheltered from the wind by Mangarin Point to the east and by Ilin Island. Magarin Point ...

, Mindoro, PT Boats *Naval Base at Polloc Harbor *Naval Base at Santiago Cove depot, PT boat base *Naval Base at

Bacuit El Nido, officially the Municipality of El Nido ( cyo, Banwa i'ang El Nido, tgl, Bayan ng El Nido), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 50,494 people. It ...

, Palawan FPO# 3293 *Naval Base at Coron Bay, Palawan FPO# 3292 *Naval Base at

Panaon Island Panaon Island is a small island in the Philippines, in the province of Southern Leyte. It lies south of Leyte, separated from Dinagat to the east, and Mindanao to the southeast by Surigao Strait. The Mindanao Sea lies to the southwest. Panaon ...

, PT boat base (Liloan) *Naval Base Bobon Point,

Bobon Bobon, officially the Municipality of Bobon ( war, Bungto han Bobon; tl, Bayan ng Bobon), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,964 people. Geography ...

, Samar, PT boat base (Liloan) *Naval Base Malalag Bay PT boat and small naval base in

Davao Gulf Davao Gulf is a gulf situated in the southeastern portion of Mindanao in the Philippines. It has an area of or about 520,000 hectares. Davao Gulf cuts into the island of Mindanao from the Philippine Sea. It is surrounded by all five provinces i ...

**Davao field small base

Gallery

File:Pacific_Theater_Areas;map1.JPG, Pacific War Theater Areas map 1942 Naval-station-sangley-point1947.jpeg, US Naval Station Sangley Point in 1947, with

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, barracks, shops, supply depot, mess hall and more. Aerial_shot_of_Snagley_with_aircraft_and_nose-dock_shops.jpg, Seaplane Base at Sangley Point. Cavite Navy Yard Philippines docks 1899.jpg, Cavite Navy Yard docks in 1899, year after it became a US Navy

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Vought O2U Corsair over Cavite in 1930.jpg, A O2U floatplane flies over the Cavite Navy Yard, in 1930, below seaplane tender USS Jason and Sangley Point Bataan-Peninsula24Jan1945.jpg, Bataan Peninsula on 24 January 1945, with Mariveles Seaplane base, port and Airfield. Japan is bombing the runway. Mariveles surrendered on April 10, 1942 the start of

Bataan Death March The Bataan Death March ( Filipino: ''Martsa ng Kamatayan sa Bataan''; Spanish: ''Marcha de la muerte de Bataán'' ; Kapampangan: ''Martsa ning Kematayan quing Bataan''; Japanese: バターン死の行進, Hepburn: ''Batān Shi no Kōshin'') ...

. Mariveles was retaken in February 1945 Cavite Navy Yard bombed aerial photo 10 Dec 1941.jpg, Cavite Navy Yard bombed by Japan on December 10, 1941. Smoke rises from Cavite Navy Yard. SharkA-7(SS-8)atcavite.jpg, Submarine

USS Shark (SS-8) USS ''Shark'' (SS-8) was the third vessel of the U.S. Navy to bear the name. She was an early in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as ''A-7''. ''Shark'' was laid down on 11 January 1901 at Elizabethport, New Jersey in the ...

at the Cavite Navy Yard 1911 Naval Base Mariveles.jpg, Entrance to Naval Base Mariveles after the fall of Bataan. Army Navy Club Manila (15350842535).jpg,

Manila Army and Navy Club The Manila Army and Navy Club founded in 1898 was the first American social club to be established in the Philippines for the exclusive use of the U.S. military personnel and civilians, and later Filipinos. Since the time it was established, it ...

Army Navy Club.jpg, Manila Army and Navy Club Philippine Island - Manila - NARA - 68156432.jpg, Manila Army and Navy Club in 1932 Cavite Boulevard sketch by Burnham.jpg, Manila Bay and Cavite in the bay Naval Station Sangley Point aerial1 c1964.jpg, Naval Station Sangley Point in 1964 Map of Corregidor 1941.jpg, Map of

Corregidor Island Corregidor ( tl, Pulo ng Corregidor, ) is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Philippines, and is considered part of the Province of Cavite. Due to this location, Corregidor has historically b ...

in 1941 USSCanopus(AS-9)atCavite.jpg,

USS Canopus (AS-9) USS ''Canopus'' (AS-9) was a submarine tender in the United States Navy, named for the star Canopus. ''Canopus'' was launched in 1919 by New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, as the passenger liner SS ''Santa Leonora'' for W. R. ...

submarine tender in 1932 with S-37; S-40; S-36; S-38; S-41; S-39 at Cavite Photograph of American Prisoners Using Improvised Litters to Carry Comrades, 05-1942 - NARA - 535564.jpg,

that started at US Navy port at Mariveles on

Bataan Peninsula Bataan (), officially the Province of Bataan ( fil, Lalawigan ng Bataan ), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Its capital is the city of Balanga while Mariveles is the largest town in the province. Occupying the ent ...

on April 10, 1942, with US Army, Navy, Marines, Naval Hospital staff and Filipino Troops. Bataan Death March route vector.svg, Map Bataan Death March route 1942 Japanese War Crimes Trials. Manila - NARA - 292609.tif, Japanese War Crimes Trials in Manila Bataan Death March Memorial Las Cruces NM.jpg, Bataan Death March Memorial

Las Cruces, New Mexico Las Cruces (; "the crosses") is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County. As of the 2020 census the population was 111,385. Las Cruces is the largest city in both Doña Ana County and southern Ne ...

Marivelesbataanjf4224.JPG, Zero Kilometer Death March Marker in Mariveles File:Onoda-young.jpg, Lieutenant

Hiroo Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II and was a Japanese holdout who did not surrender at the war's end in August 1945. After the war ended, Onoda spent 29 years hiding in the Philippines until his for ...

Japanese holdout Japanese holdouts ( ja, 残留日本兵, translit=Zanryū nipponhei, lit=remaining Japanese soldiers) were soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific Theatre of World War II who continued fighting World Wa ...

Lubang Island Lubang Island is the largest island in the Lubang Group of Islands, an archipelago which lies to the northwest of the northern end of Mindoro in the Philippines. The Lubang Islands are about southwest of Manila. There are seven islands in the gro ...

, Philippines File:South Pacific islands 1945.jpg, South Pacific islands in 1945

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