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.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Industrial building
- Description: ship model basin located at the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division
- Also known as“David W. Taylor Model Basin”“DTMB”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lock 14 and Plummers Island.
Plummers Island
Islet
Plummers Island is a 12-acre Potomac River island…
American Legion Memorial Bridge
Bridge
The American Legion Memorial Bridge, also known as the… American Legion Memorial Bridge is situated 3,300 feet southeast of David Taylor Model Basin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carderock and Cabin John.
Carderock
Locality
Carderock is an unincorporated community…
Carderock Springs Historic District
Neighborhood
Carderock Springs Historic District is a national… Carderock Springs Historic District is situated 1½ miles northeast of David Taylor Model Basin.
David Taylor Model Basin
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Latitude
38.9744° or 38° 58′ 28″ north
Longitude
-77.18907° or 77° 11′ 21″ west
Open location code
87C4XRF6+Q9
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OpenStreetMap feature
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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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