Fort Kobbe
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Fort Kobbe was an Army fort renamed from Fort Bruja on 15 April 1932 to honor Major General William A. Kobbe. At the time it was located adjacent to Howard Air Force Base in the Panama Canal Zone. In the 1930s it was primarily a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps post. It was located on the west side of the Panama Canal. Most of the area around it was uninhabited, though Panama City could be reached by crossing the nearby Bridge of the Americas. A rock quarry was operated intermittently in the southwest corner of the Fort near the southern end of the Howard Air Force Base main runway. In the Fort, there was a series of barracks starting on the southern end of Howard Air Force Base in the level land. In the hills on the east side of the fort were Officer's Married and Bachelor Quarters, and an Officer's Club. There was a small parade field and married NCO housing in the southern end of the Fort. There was a beach in the southeast corner of the fort going into the Pacific Ocean. The beach was protected by a large shark net, as it was understood that the waters in that part of the Pacific were shark-infested. The tides were almost 12', so the beach was not a pristine site. Given that Panamanian locals did not have access to the area, the beach was not used very heavily. The eastern half of Fort Kobbe was jungle stretching over to the western side of the mouth of the Panama Canal.
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Location: 8.9, -79.5833, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
8 places
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Henry Morgan's Panama expedition ⓘ
1670–1671 attack on Panama -
Battle of Mata Asnillos ⓘ
1671 battle -
Capture of Torrijos Airport ⓘ
1989 battle -
Operation Acid Gambit ⓘ
military operation during the United States invasion of Panama -
Fort Amador ⓘ
historic United States Army bases -
Fort Clayton ⓘ
US Army base in the Panama Canal Zone -
Fort Kobbe ⓘ
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Fortín de la Natividad ⓘ
cultural monument of Panama
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| area | region | 1840 | Estado Libre del Istmo | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1670 | Henry Morgan's Panama expedition | Hispanic Monarchy, military expedition, sack, pirate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1671 | Battle of Mata Asnillos | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1989 | Capture of Torrijos Airport | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1989 | Operation Acid Gambit | invasion | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort Amador | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Clayton | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Kobbe | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fortín de la Natividad | cultural property, fortress | Wikidata | |