Subic Bay

American  

[soo-bik] / ˈsu bɪk /

noun

1. a bay in the South China Sea, near the Bataan Peninsula in W Luzon, in the Philippines: former U.S. naval base.

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Example Sentences

The corridor provides access to Subic Bay, a major commercial shipping port on Luzon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Throughout the Cold War, the United States had two of its largest overseas military installations in the Philippines, Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Base, which both closed in the 1990s.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

Gen. Bartolome Bacarro disclosed that the sites included the strategic Subic Bay, where the Navy base was once a boon to the local economy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2023

The U.S. naval base at Subic Bay and Clark Air Force Base became the two largest U.S. overseas military facilities, but were closed down in the early 1990s.

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2023

We were in Subic Bay, a large and beautiful harbor, and the site of a large U.S.

From Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book by Rohlfing, Sam