Editing Coco Solo (section)

==History==
The submarine base at Coco Solo was established May 6, 1918.<ref name=nan>{{cite book |last=Van Wyen |first=Adrian O. |title =Naval Aviation in World War I |url=https://archive.org/details/navalaviationinw00wash |publisher =Chief of Naval Operations |date =1969 |location =Washington, D.C. |page =[https://archive.org/details/navalaviationinw00wash/page/64 64] }}</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.

[[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 |author-link = 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 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111221044/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/john_mccains_birthplace.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 11, 2012 | title=The Fact Checker: John McCain's Birthplace | author=Dobbs, Michael | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=2008-05-20 | access-date=2009-07-25 | author-link=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 |access-date=2008-12-26 |author-link=Michael Dobbs (US author) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706003725/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/citizen_mccain.html |archive-date=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/ -->

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 | access-date=2008-05-16}}</ref>  

On December 7, 1941, three [[V-boat|V-class submarine]]s (''Barracuda'', ''Bass'' and ''Bonita'') were stationed at Coco Solo. During  [[World War II]], Coco Solo also served as a Naval Air Facility, housing a squadron of [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[P-38 Lightning]] aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/Naval/usf06.htm|title = US-Fleet Dec 7 1941}}</ref>

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.

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, Panama|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 terminal]]s: Colón Container Terminal<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cct-pa.com/location.htm | title=Colón Container Terminal, S.A. | publisher=[[Colón Container Terminal, S.A.]] | access-date=2010-08-14 | archive-date=2010-06-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626152840/http://www.cct-pa.com/location.htm | url-status=dead }}</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]] | access-date=2010-08-14 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717054650/http://www.tideworks.com/company/casestudies/pdf/MIT.pdf | archive-date=2011-07-17 }}</ref>