Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone

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United States Navy installation military air base

Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone was a U.S. Navy air base notable as the birthplace of future U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John McCain.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone	2
Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2733980 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone
Context triple: [John McCain III, placeOfBirth, Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone]

A. Las Palmas Naval Base
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B. Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is a major U.S. Navy industrial facility in Hawaii that provides maintenance, repair, and modernization services for naval vessels and submarines.
C. Naval Base Ventura County
Naval Base Ventura County is a major U.S. Navy installation on the Southern California coast that supports naval air, sea, and shore operations, including Seabees and other fleet units.
D. Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
Naval Amphibious Base Coronado is a major U.S. Navy installation in California that serves as a primary training and operational center for elite special operations forces.
E. Augusta Naval Base
Augusta Naval Base is a major Italian naval installation in Sicily that serves as a strategic hub for fleet operations and logistics in the central Mediterranean.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone
Target entity description: Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone was a U.S. Navy air base notable as the birthplace of future U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John McCain.

A. Las Palmas Naval Base
Las Palmas Naval Base is a principal Spanish Navy installation located in the Canary Islands, serving as a key hub for maritime operations in the Atlantic.
B. Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is a major U.S. Navy industrial facility in Hawaii that provides maintenance, repair, and modernization services for naval vessels and submarines.
C. Naval Base Ventura County
Naval Base Ventura County is a major U.S. Navy installation on the Southern California coast that supports naval air, sea, and shore operations, including Seabees and other fleet units.
D. Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
Naval Amphibious Base Coronado is a major U.S. Navy installation in California that serves as a primary training and operational center for elite special operations forces.
E. Augusta Naval Base
Augusta Naval Base is a major Italian naval installation in Sicily that serves as a strategic hub for fleet operations and logistics in the central Mediterranean.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Navy installation ⓘ military air base ⓘ
associatedWith	U.S. military presence in Panama ⓘ history of the Panama Canal Zone ⓘ
birthDateOfNotablePerson	John McCain was born here on August 29, 1936 ⓘ linked to: John McCain III (attended, transferred)
controlledBy	United States Navy Caribbean Sea Frontier (historical) ⓘ linked to: United States Fourth Fleet
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
garrison	U.S. Navy personnel ⓘ
hasAccessTo	Caribbean Sea ⓘ
hasFacilityType	airfield ⓘ seaplane base ⓘ
hasRunwayType	paved runways ⓘ
historicalJurisdiction	Panama Canal Zone under U.S. administration ⓘ
locatedIn	Panama ⓘ
locatedNear	Colón, Panama ⓘ linked to: Port of Colón
locatedOn	Atlantic side of the Panama Canal ⓘ
location	Panama Canal Zone ⓘ linked to: Panama Canal Zone (historical)
namedAfter	Coco Solo area of Panama ⓘ linked to: Caribbean coast of Panama
notableEvent	birthplace of John McCain ⓘ
notableFor	being birthplace of future U.S. Senator John McCain ⓘ role in U.S. naval aviation in the Caribbean region ⓘ
notablePersonBornHere	John McCain ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of the Navy ⓘ linked to: Department of the Navy
partOf	Panama Canal Zone military installations ⓘ linked to: Panama Canal Zone (historical)
status	closed ⓘ
strategicRole	maritime patrol over Caribbean approaches to Panama Canal ⓘ protection of Panama Canal ⓘ
successorUse	civilian and commercial facilities in former base area ⓘ
usedBy	United States Navy Patrol Squadrons ⓘ linked to: U.S. Navy anti-submarine squadrons
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
usedFor	anti-submarine warfare operations ⓘ naval aviation operations ⓘ patrol aviation ⓘ seaplane operations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John McCain III → placeOfBirth → Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone ⓘ

subject linked to: John McCain III (attended, transferred)

John McCain → placeOfBirth → Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone ⓘ

linked to: Coco Solo Naval Air Station, Panama Canal Zone