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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 · Millions of dollars flow through the area around Coco Solo, the former U.S. military base on Panama's Atlantic coast where Arizona Senator John McCain was born. A small slum squeezed...
Mar 29, 2018 · When he was born (1936) at Coco Solo Naval Air Station on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal Zone, Myself, (a 3 year old brat) and my family, were living just a few miles away across the Mananillo Bay in Cristobal.
Jul 2, 2014 · The panama canal company had control of coco solo north of the chs gym until the mazanillo container port took over in the 1990’s. The us navy galeta island nsga, used the southern end of coco solo, plus what was known as the Y Barracks, and Officers row (approx 6 homes on the water).
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Mar 9, 2016 · J-Term Experiences: The Unique Story of Coco Solo in Panama. March 9, 2016. News Stories. Middlebury Institute students Katie Barthelow and Anna Santos along with Middlebury student Pedro Bitar in Coco Solo, Panama where they collaborated on a Intercultural Digital Storytelling project last January.
An integral part of this story is the opening of a new Company-Government town at Coco Solo which for the several decades spanning the two World Wars was one of the bastions of the United States Navy's forces guarding the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. Most, but not all, of the New Cristobal residents are expected to receive housing ...
