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Harris, John Soloman, TM2c.
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The Cañacao Peninsula juts into Manila Bay, and is an ideal location for mooring and repairing ships. Originally a point of commerce between Chinese merchants and resident Spanish and Filipinos, the peninsula emerged as a shipbuilding and repair area, ultimately housing a Spanish navy base.
In 1871, the Spanish established a naval hospital on the peninsula. When the Americans occupied the Philippines after the 1898 war with Spain, the hospital fell under United States Navy administration. U S Naval Hospital Cañacao served sailors of U S Naval forces in China and the western Pacific until December 1941, when, as a result of damage caused by Japanese air attacks on U S bases in the Philippines, patients and medical staff moved to joint Army and Navy medical facilities in Manila.
