Naval Base Manila

Naval Base Manila
Fort San Felipe, San Roque, Cavite City
Near Cavite City in the Philippines
Cavite Peninsula in 1941
Naval Base Cavite is located in Philippines
Naval Base Cavite
Naval Base Cavite
Location in the Philippines
Coordinates14°28′54″N 120°54′58″E / 14.48167°N 120.91611°E / 14.48167; 120.91611
TypeUS Naval base
Site information
Owner United States Navy 1898–1970
ConditionClosed (now Philippine Naval Base)
Site history
Builtlate 16th century
Built bystarted by Spanish East Indies
In useSpanish shipyard: late 16th century – early 19th century
Spanish naval station: early 19th century – 1898
U.S. Naval facility: 1898–1971
Philippine Naval facility: 1971–present
Battles/warsBattle of Manila Bay (1898)
Philippines campaign (1941–1942)
Battle of Manila (1945)
EventsCavite Mutiny of 1872
Garrison information
OccupantsUnited States Asiatic Fleet (1902–1907, 1910–1942)
United States Seventh Fleet (1945–1970)
Major bases:
Naval Station Sangley Point
Naval Base Cavite
Mariveles Naval Section Base
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 base south of the City of Manila, on Luzon Island in the Philippines. 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. 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. US Navy construction and repair started in March 1945 with the taking of Manila in the costly Battle of Manila ending on March 2, 1945. Naval Base Manila supported the Pacific War and remained a major US Naval Advance Base until its closure in 1971.[1]

  1. ^ "Building the Navy's Bases, vol. 2 (part III, chapter 26)". US Navy, navy.mil.