Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
The Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center is one of eight Naval Sea Systems Command Surface Warfare Centers. The headquarters, located in Carderock, Maryland, includes the historic David Taylor Model Basin.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: division of the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center
- Also known as: “Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center”, “Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock”, and “NSWC Carderock Division”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include David Taylor Model Basin and Lock 14.
David Taylor Model Basin
Industrial building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. David Taylor Model Basin is situated 1,100 feet east of Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division.
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. Carderock Recreation Area is situated 2,200 feet west of Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division.
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 Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division.
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 Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division.
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
- Category: research institute
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “海軍水面作戰中心卡德羅克分部”
- French: “Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division”
- German: “Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division”
- Japanese: “カーデロック海軍水上戦センター”
- Japanese: “デイビッド W. テイラー・海軍技術研究所”
- Japanese: “海軍海上戦闘センター・カーデロック研究所”
- Spanish: “Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Parkview Hills and Seven Locks.
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