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Coco Solo was a United States Navy submarine base and naval air station near the Panama Canal, active from 1918 to the 1960s. History. The submarine base at Coco Solo 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.
- 1918–1999
- Naval base
Jun 25, 2016 · Coco Solo: the paradox of living in poverty on the banks of the Panama Canal | Univision News | Univision. Latin America & Caribbean. Coco Solo: the paradox of living in poverty on the...
Mar 20, 2018 · Learn about the history and significance of Coco Solo, the place where Sen. John McCain was born in 1936, and his family background as a naval officer and a senator. See photos of the base and the air station from the Panama Canal Museum Collection.
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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.
US Senator John McCain was born in 1936 at a small Navy hospital at Coco Solo Naval Air Station.
The larger Coco Solo Hospital was constructed in the summer of 1941. 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. During World War II, Coco Solo also served as a Naval Aviation Facility, housing a squadron of P-38 Lightning aircraft.
By the 1960s, no US Navy vessels remained, only some support staff and housing. Coco Solo was also home to the Atlantic Side High School and Cristobal Junior and Senior High, which in the late 1970s was also the high school for Panamanians from Rainbow City. Also located in Coco Solo was the local commissary where Zonians would purchase food and clothing. 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. Navy communications operations at the nearby Galeta Island facility were conducted as well.
After the return of the Panama Canal to Panamanians in 1999, US military activity ceased at both Coco Solo and Galeta Island.
Coco Solo is presently the site of two container terminals: Colon Container Terminal and Manzanillo International Terminal, which is the busiest container port in Latin America.
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Jan 23, 2024 · Kids Encyclopedia Facts. O-class submarines at Coco Solo in 1923. Coco Solo was a United States Navy submarine base and naval air station, active from 1918 to the 1960s. History. The submarine base at Coco Solo was established May 6, 1918. The site corresponds with modern-day Cativá in Panama.
