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[[File:Naval Station Coco Solo with submarines 1923.jpg|right|thumb|[[United States O class submarine|O-class submarines]] at Coco Solo in 1923.]] |
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[[Image:NS Coco Solo Panama 1941 NAN7-64.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the U.S. Naval Station Coco Solo in 1941]] |
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'''Coco Solo''' was a [[United States Navy]] facility that operated a [[submarine base]] and a [[naval air station]]. It was established 6 May 1918.<ref name=nan>{{cite book |last=Van Wyen |first=Adrian O. |authorlink = |title =Naval Aviation in World War I |publisher =Chief of Naval Operations |volume = |edition = |date =1969 |location =Washington, D.C. |page =64 |isbn =}}</ref> The site corresponds with modern-day [[Cativá]] in [[Panama]]. It was on the [[Atlantic Ocean]] (northwest) side of the [[Panama Canal Zone]], near [[Colón, Panama]]. Five [[United States C-class submarine|C-class submarines]] were based there during 1914-1919. |
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[[United States Senator|US Senator]] [[John McCain]] was born in 1936 at a small Navy hospital<ref name="alexander">{{cite book |title = Man of the People: The Life of John McCain |first = Paul |last = Alexander |authorlink=Paul Alexander (American writer)|url= |isbn = 0-471-22829-X |year = 2002 |publisher = [[John Wiley & Sons]]|page=12}}</ref><ref name="wapo-fc-hosp">{{cite news | url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/john_mccains_birthplace.html | title=The Fact Checker: John McCain's Birthplace | author=Dobbs, Michael | publisher=''[[The Washington Post]]'' | date=2008-05-20 | accessdate=2009-07-25 | authorlink=Michael Dobbs (US author)}}</ref> at Coco Solo Naval Air Station.<ref name="timberg-bio-ch1">{{cite book | last=Timberg | first=Robert | title=John McCain: An American Odyssey | publisher=[[Touchstone Books]] | year=1999 | isbn=0-684-86794-X}} [https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/timberg-mccain.html pp. 17–34.]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/citizen_mccain.html |title=The Fact Checker: Citizen McCain |author=Dobbs, Michael |publisher=''[[The Washington Post]]'' |date=2008-05-02 |accessdate=2008-12-26 |authorlink=Michael Dobbs (US author) |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706003725/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/citizen_mccain.html |archivedate=2008-07-06 |df= }}</ref><!-- the alleged birth certificate floating around the web stating that McCain was born outside the PCZ is likely a forgery; see http://www.obamaconspiracy.org/2009/02/the-birth-certificate-is-a-forgery/ --> |
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The larger Coco Solo Hospital was constructed in the summer of 1941.<ref name="wapo-fc-hosp"/> The area containing it was transferred from the civil part of the Panama Canal Zone to the naval part when [[Franklin Roosevelt]] signed Executive Order 8981 on December 17, 1941.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=60931 | title=Executive Order 8981 - NAVY HOSPITAL AREA, COCO SOLO, CANAL ZONE | publisher=[[United States Government]] | date=1941-12-17 | accessdate=2008-05-16}}</ref> During [[World War II]], Coco Solo also served as a Naval Aviation Facility, housing a squadron of [[P-38 Lightning]] aircraft. |
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By the 1960s, no US Navy vessels remained, only some support staff and housing. At the far end of Randolph Road was [[Fort Randolph (Panama)|Fort Randolph]], unused except for military training exercises, and where the Fort Randolph Riding Club was located as used by the Canal Zone Horsemen's Association. |
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Until the mid-1990s, the town site of Coco Solo was used by the civilian employees of the Panama Canal as a residential area. Navy communications operations at the nearby [[Galeta Island, Panama|Galeta Island]] facility were conducted as well. |
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After the turnover of the Panama Canal to Panamanians in 1999, US military activity ceased at both Coco Solo and Galeta Island. |
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Coco Solo is now the site of two [[container terminal]]s: Colon Container Terminal<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cct-pa.com/location.htm | title=Colon Container Terminal, S.A. - Location | publisher=[[Colon Container Terminal, S.A.]] | accessdate=2010-08-14}}</ref> and [[Manzanillo International Terminal]], which is the busiest container port in Latin America.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tideworks.com/company/casestudies/pdf/MIT.pdf | title=Manzanillo International Terminal Case Study | publisher=[[Tideworks Technology]] | accessdate=2010-08-14}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of former United States military installations in Panama]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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{{commons category|Naval Station Coco Solo}} |
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* [http://panamaliving.com/NavalStationCocoSoloPhotoAlbum.html History and photo page on Coco Solo] |
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* [http://www.czbrats.com/Photos/PO/POcocosolo2.jpg Photo of the US Naval Hospital Coco Solo] |
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* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IAV/is_1_90/ai_70777165 "The Battle for Coco Solo Panama, 1989", Infantry Magazine] |
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* [https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080408/ts_nm/usa_politics_panama_dc "Tropical decay blights McCain's Panama birthplace", 2008 Reuters story] |
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[[Category:Panama Canal]] |
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[[Category:Panama Canal Zone Townships]] |
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[[Category:Closed military facilities of the United States in Panama]] |
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[[Category:Colón, Panama]] |
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[[Category:United States Navy submarine bases]] |
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Colón Province]] |
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[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1918]] |