Colombia - Panama - Venezuela

1976 - United States navy ships the size of the Aircraft carrier constellation cannot transit the Panama Canal. Its 250 foot flight deck is much too wide to fit in 110 foot wide lock chambers. There are also steadily increasing number of commercial ships that find the size of the locks either makes it impossible for them to transit at all or it seriously restricts their draft capacity. (Credit Image: (c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans)

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19600104 Cannot Capacity Chambers Constellation Draft Either Impossible Increasing Locks Panama Seriously Steadily Transit

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