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AMERICA'S LEGACY IN PANAMA

PANAMA CANAL TREATY TRANSITION

END OF AN ERA

U.S. MILITARY IN PANAMA

U.S. MILITARY IN REGION-History

LIFE AFTER SOUTHCOM

SOUTHCOM TODAY

PANAMA

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BASES-LIST/MAP

AMERICA'S LEGACY IN PANAMA

Bases: Summary

Bases: Then/Now

Panama Canal Construction

Panama Canal 1914-1999

BASES

QUARRY HEIGHTS

FORT AMADOR

FORT CLAYTON

FORT KOBBE

ALBROOK AIR FORCE BASE/ STATION

HOWARD AIR FORCE BASE

RODMAN NAVAL STATION

PANAMA AIR DEPOT (PAD) AREA
FORT SHERMAN

FORT DAVIS

FORT GULICK

GALETA ISLAND

EARLIER MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

Camp Elliott/Gaillard

Camp Otis

Fort Grant

Fort DeLesseps

Fort Randolph

France Field

Coco Solo Naval Base

Camp Rousseau

Table 1. Original Construction at Albrook AFS

(Note: The heading "Present Use" in the following tables refer to use at the time this report was published -- before transfer of Albrook to Panama in September 1997.)

Present Building No.		Date of Completion	Present Use		Original Use
2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 20 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 401 402 444 445 446 642 643 800 802 803 804 852 853 854 855	1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932 1932		Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Officers' Club & Open Mess Family Housing Visiting Officers' Quarters Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Housing Supply & Storage Maintenance Shop [General Storage & Family Housing Office] Hangar Post Office Storage Magazine Above Ground Type A.B&C Segregated Storage Magazine Administration Exchange Retail Warehouse Exchange Service Outlet Exchange Retail Warehouse Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault		[General Officers' Quarters] Field Officer's Quarters Field Officer's Quarters Field Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Bachelor Officers' Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters Company Officer's Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters Air Corps Machine Shop Air Corps Warehouse Hangar & Base Operations Hangar Hangar Small Arms Ammunition Magazine Enlisted Men's Barracks Enlisted Men's Barracks Enlisted Men's Barracks Enlisted Men's Barracks Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House

Table 2. Early Improvement Construction at Albrook AFS

Present Building No.		Date of Completion	Present Use		Original Use
403 405 406 407 450 865 868	1934 1934 1935 1935 1939 1935 1935		Gymnasium Security Police Supply & Equipment Shed Housing Supply & Storage Avionics Maintenance Shop [Joint Exercise & Training] Central Exchange Administration		Shop Building Parachute & Armament Paint, Oil & Dope House QM Maintenance Warehouse Hangar Dispensary Headquarters & Operations

Table 3. Pro-World War II Expansion Construction at Albrook AFS

Present Building No.		Date of Completion	Present Use		Original Use
1 6 14 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 410 442 443 449 453 496 801 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 859 860 861 874 881	1942 1942 1941 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 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Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Pavement & Grounds Facility Automotive shop Automotive shop Avionics Maintenance shop Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory Water Pump Station Exchange service Outlet Dormitory Dormitory Dormitory Education Center Dormitory Dormitory Dormitory Dormitory Utility Vault Chapel Administration Pump Station Miscellaneous Recreation		[General Officer's Quarters] [Maid's Quarters & Garage] Bachelor Officers' Quarters Company Officers' quarters Company Officers' quarters Company Officers' quarters Company Officers' quarters Company Officers' quarters Company Officers' quarters Company Officers' quarters Field Officer's quarters Company Officers' quarters Company Officers' quarters Company Officers' quarters Company Officers' quarters [Family Housing Type?] Field Officer's Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' quarters Company Officers' quarters Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarter Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarter Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Field Officer's Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters Company Officers' Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO 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School [Pump Station] [Exchange service Station]

Table 5. World War II Expansion Construction at Albrook AFS

Present Building No.		Date of Completion	Present Use		Original Use
602 604 606 856 869 870 885	1945 1946 1946 1944 1944 1944 1944		Hazardous Storage Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault Exchange Maintenance Shop Administration Traffic Check House		[Gas Cylinders Storage Shed] Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House Fire Station Photographic Laboratory [Security Sentry House]

Table 7. Post-World War II Construction at Albrook AFS

Present Building No.		Date of Completion	Present Use		Original Use
19 21 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 310 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 337 605 608 609 846 847 848 849	1949 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1949 1949 1949 1949		Dormitory Officers' Quarters Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Utility Vault Sanitation Sewage Pump Station Sanitation Sewage Pump Station Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault Swimmers' Bath House		Bachelor Officers' Quarters Bachelor Officers' Quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters NCO quarters Transformer House Sewage Pumping Station Sewage Pumping Station Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House [Swimming Pool Bath House]

Table 9. Noncontributing Buildings at Albrook AFS

Present Building No.		Date of Completion	Present Use		Original Use
311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 337 406 410 496 602 604 605 606 608 609 642 643 846 847 848 852 853 854 855 856 859 874	1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1935 1940 1943 1945 1946 1948 1946 1948 1948 1932 1932 1949 1949 1949 1932 1932 1932 1932 1944 1943 1942		Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Family Housing Supply & Equipment Shed Pavement & Grounds Facility Water Pump Station Hazardous Storage Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault Sanitation Sewage Pump Station Sanitation Sewage Pump Station Storage Magazine Above Ground Type A,B&C Segregated Storage Magazine Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault Utility Vault Pump Station		NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters NCO Quarters Paint, Oil & Dope House Motor Vehicle Storage Shed [Water Pump Station] [Gas Cylinders Storage Shed] Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House Sewage Pumping Station Sewage Pumping Station Small Arms Ammunition Magazine Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House Transformer House [Pump Station]

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