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[[United States 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 = https://archive.org/details/manofpeoplelifeo00alex/page/12 |isbn = 0-471-22829-X |year = 2002 |publisher = [[John Wiley & Sons]] |page = [https://archive.org/details/manofpeoplelifeo00alex/page/12 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 | newspaper=[[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 | url=https://archive.org/details/johnmccainameric00timb }} [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 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2008-05-02 |accessdate=2008-12-26 |authorlink=Michael Dobbs (US author) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706003725/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/citizen_mccain.html |archivedate=2008-07-06 }}</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/ --> |
[[United States 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 = https://archive.org/details/manofpeoplelifeo00alex/page/12 |isbn = 0-471-22829-X |year = 2002 |publisher = [[John Wiley & Sons]] |page = [https://archive.org/details/manofpeoplelifeo00alex/page/12 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 | newspaper=[[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 | url=https://archive.org/details/johnmccainameric00timb }} [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 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2008-05-02 |accessdate=2008-12-26 |authorlink=Michael Dobbs (US author) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706003725/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/citizen_mccain.html |archivedate=2008-07-06 }}</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> |
The larger Coco Solo Hospital was constructed in the summer of 1941.<ref name="wapo-fc-hosp"/> |
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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> |
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On December 7, 1941, three [[V-Class submarines]] (''Barracuda'', ''Bass'' and ''Bonita'') were stationed at Coco Solo. During [[World War II]], Coco Solo also served as a Naval Aviation Facility, housing a squadron of [[P-38 Lightning]] aircraft. <ref>http://www.navsource.org/Naval/usf06.htm</ref> |
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By the 1960s, no U.S. 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. |
By the 1960s, no U.S. 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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Naval Base Coco Solo | |
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Cativá, Panama | |
![]() Aerial view of the U.S. Naval Station Coco Solo in 1941 | |
Type | Naval base |
Site information | |
Controlled by | ![]() |
Site history | |
In use | 1918–1999 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Naval_Station_Coco_Solo_with_submarines_1923.jpg/220px-Naval_Station_Coco_Solo_with_submarines_1923.jpg)
Coco Solo was a United States Navy submarine base and naval air station, active from 1918 to the 1960s. It was established May 6, 1918.[1] 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 C-class submarines were based there during 1914–1919.
United States Senator John McCain was born in 1936 at a small Navy hospital[2][3] at Coco Solo Naval Air Station.[4][5]
The larger Coco Solo Hospital was constructed in the summer of 1941.[3] 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.[6]
On December 7, 1941, three V-Class submarines (Barracuda, Bass and Bonita) were stationed at Coco Solo. During World War II, Coco Solo also served as a Naval Aviation Facility, housing a squadron of P-38 Lightning aircraft. [7]
By the 1960s, no U.S. Navy vessels remained, only some support staff and housing. At the far end of Randolph Road was 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.
Until the mid-1990s, the town site of Coco Solo was used by the civilian employees of the Panama Canal as a residential area. The nearby Galeta Island U.S. Navy communications facility continued in operation as well.
After the turnover of the Panama Canal to Panamanians in 1999, US military activity ceased at both Coco Solo and Galeta Island.
Coco Solo is now the site of two container terminals: Colón Container Terminal[8] and Manzanillo International Terminal, which is the busiest container port in Latin America.[9]
Climate
Climate data for Coco Solo, 4 m asl (1961–1990 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 31.7 (89.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
36.1 (97.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.4 (93.9) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
36.1 (97.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.3 (84.7) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.3 (86.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 24.6 (76.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.7 (76.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 139.6 (5.50) |
35.8 (1.41) |
87.0 (3.43) |
149.2 (5.87) |
382.2 (15.05) |
318.2 (12.53) |
404.7 (15.93) |
478.4 (18.83) |
332.5 (13.09) |
397.7 (15.66) |
714.6 (28.13) |
395.2 (15.56) |
3,835.1 (150.99) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 12.33 | 6.73 | 10.55 | 6.55 | 19.00 | 17.25 | 16.00 | 23.50 | 18.00 | 18.57 | 25.00 | 17.00 | 190.48 |
Source 1: Météo climat stats[10] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Météo Climat [11] |
See also
References
- ^ Van Wyen, Adrian O. (1969). Naval Aviation in World War I. Washington, D.C.: Chief of Naval Operations. p. 64.
- ^ Alexander, Paul (2002). Man of the People: The Life of John McCain. John Wiley & Sons. p. 12. ISBN 0-471-22829-X.
- ^ a b Dobbs, Michael (2008-05-20). "The Fact Checker: John McCain's Birthplace". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ Timberg, Robert (1999). John McCain: An American Odyssey. Touchstone Books. ISBN 0-684-86794-X. pp. 17–34.
- ^ Dobbs, Michael (2008-05-02). "The Fact Checker: Citizen McCain". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "Executive Order 8981 – Navy Hospital Area, Coco Solo, Canal Zone". United States Government. 1941-12-17. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ http://www.navsource.org/Naval/usf06.htm
- ^ "Colón Container Terminal, S.A." Colón Container Terminal, S.A. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ "Manzanillo International Terminal Case Study" (PDF). Tideworks Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ "Moyennes 1961-1990 Panama (Asie)" (in French). Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "Météo Climat stats for Coco Solo". Météo Climat. Retrieved 11 November 2019.