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Alava Pier / Alava Wharf

Waterfront pier used by the Spanish Navy from the 1880s and extended 600 feet by the US Navy in 1967. The Oryoku Maru burned and sank about 100 yards offshore here in December 1944; the pier now serves as Subic's passenger terminal.

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history · port-watching

Alava Pier dates to the Spanish colonial naval yard and was extended 600 feet in 1967 during the US Navy years. In December 1944 the Japanese transport Oryoku Maru, carrying Allied prisoners of war, came under US air attack near Subic Bay and sank roughly 100 yards offshore; survivors were brought ashore near the pier. It now operates as the Subic Bay passenger terminal, handling cruise ship calls and inter-island ferry traffic.

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Working passenger pier/terminal, publicly viewable from Waterfront Road; not a paid attraction.

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  • port-watching

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