David Taylor Model Basin
The David W. Taylor Model Basin is one of the largest ship model basins—test facilities for the development of ship design—in the world. DTMB is a field activity of the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Depression with an elevation of 128 feet
- Description: ship model basin located at the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division
- Also known as: “David W. Taylor Model Basin” and “DTMB”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lock 14 and Carderock Recreation Area.
Carderock Recreation Area
Picnic site
Carderock Recreation Area is a 100-acre park in Carderock, Maryland, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The area is well known as a destination for its outdoor activities of rock climbing, hiking and biking.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carderock and Cabin John.
Carderock
Locality
Carderock is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, along the Potomac River. It is located in the southern part of the Potomac census-designated place and western part of the Bethesda postal area.
Cabin John
Village
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cabin John is a census-designated place and unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 2,459. Overlooking the Potomac River, it is a suburb of Washington, D.C.… Cabin John is situated 1½ miles east of David Taylor Model Basin.
Carderock Springs Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carderock Springs Historic District is a national historic district located at Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland. The district encompasses 275 modernist houses located northwest of Bethesda. Carderock Springs Historic District is situated 1½ miles northeast of David Taylor Model Basin.
David Taylor Model Basin
- Categories: ship model basin, research institute, military installation, and landform
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“David Taylor Model Basin” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “David Taylor Model Basin”
- Cebuano: “David Taylor Model Basin”
- Chinese: “泰勒船模試驗槽”
- Chinese: “泰勒船模试验槽”
- French: “David Taylor Model Basin”
- French: “David W. Taylor Model Basin”
- German: “David Taylor Model Basin”
- German: “David W. Taylor Model Basin”
- Japanese: “テーラー水槽”
- Japanese: “デヴィッド・テイラー船型研究所”
- Persian: “دیوید تیلر مدل بیسین”
- Polish: “David Taylor Model Basin”
- Russian: “Опытовый бассейн Дэвида Тейлора”
- Spanish: “David Taylor Model Basin”
- Spanish: “David W. Taylor Model Basin”
- Swedish: “David Taylor Model Basin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division and Lock 14.
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