Naval Base Panama Canal Zone

From 1917 to 1997 the United States Navy had a number of bases in the Panama Canal Zone. They were used during World War II to both protect the Panama Canal and the key shipping lanes around the Panama Canal Zone. Bases were built and operated on the Atlantic Ocean side and the Pacific Ocean side. The main Naval Base at the Panama Canal was the Naval Station Coco Solo that had been in operation since 1918.

From 1918 to 1993 Fort Amador in Balboa was the naval headquarters. From 1940 to 1941, the Fifteenth Naval District Headquarters building was in Bryan Hall. In 1997 Fifteenth Naval District was abolished; naval responsibility for the Panama area shifted to a headquarters at Naval Station Mayport in Florida.

The U.S. Navy worked with the Panama Canal Zone (1917–1979) in operation at the Panama Canal, especially the Port of Balboa (also called Port Ancon), which they shared.

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