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Coco Solo was a United States Navy submarine base established in 1918 on the Atlantic Ocean (northwest) side of the Panama Canal Zone, near Colón, Panama. By the 1960s no vessels remained, only some support staff and housing.
Coco Solo Hospital was constructed in the Summer of 1941 and the area became part of the Panama Canal Zone when Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8981, Dec 17, 1941 expanding the Canal Zone.
During World War II, Coco Solo additionally served as a Naval Aviation Facility housing a squadron of P-38 Lightning aircraft.
From the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, Coco Solo was utilized by the US Navy, Marine Corps, and Army as a residential and administrative location supporting operations at the nearby Galeta Island facility.
Coco Solo was also home to the Atlantic Side High School, Cristobal Jr Sr High, which in the late 70's was also the High school for Panamainans from Rainbow City.
Also located in Coco Solo was the local Comissary where Zonian's would purchase food and clothing.
At the far end of Randolph Road was the site of Ft. Randolph Riding Club- one of many members of the Canal Zone Horsemen's Association.
After the return of the Panama Canal to Panamanian Control in 1999, U.S. Military activity ceased at both Coco Solo and Galeta Island.
Coco Solo is presently the site of two large container terminals, including Manzanillo International Terminal, the largest container terminal in Latin America.
U.S. Senator John McCain was born at the Coco Solo base.
U.S. Senator John McCain's Birth Certificate states he was born in Colon, Republic of Panama which was never part of the Panama Canal Zone.