Fechteler (DD 870) - Naval Cruise Book

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-f5Ai! Y UBIC BAY B Q FECHTELER visited SUBIC BAY many times during the cruise. Our visits were not rest-stops but in-port periods for repairs and fuel. Often these visits were for less than two days. At the entrance to SUBIC BAY is Grande Island where many men golfed, played baseball or football, or just relaxed on the beach. Others traveled the forty miles from SUBIC BAY to MANILA and spent a few days sight-seeing. The days in Subic were almost always hot and muggy and the nights were punctuated by thunderstorms and rain. Liberty in Olongapo was flavored by the muddy streets and the odor of monkey meat cooking over street-side fires. Shore patrol returning from Olongapo. Local Color

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1 fi, z Leisure hours are cherished in WestPac . ,yfff if :LW ,..-P M ximrtygsg

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Some of us enjoyed local culture in colorful Philippine musical. the philippine Top photo: Great originality is used in painting local taxicabs. Bottom photo: Where thereis life, there's San Miguel. Typical rural scene near Subic - Filipino farmer 5 i i Q and smiling daughter, Water buffalo and rice field. E Q