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: 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” and “DTMB”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lock 14 and Plummers Island.
Plummers Island
Islet
Photo: Every-leaf-that-trembles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plummers Island is a 12-acre Potomac River island in Montgomery County, Maryland, about nine miles upriver from Washington, D.C. The Washington Biologists' Field Club has called the island "the most thoroughly studied island in North America".
American Legion Memorial Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The American Legion Memorial Bridge, also known as the American Legion Bridge and formerly as the Cabin John Bridge, is a bridge carrying Interstate 495 across the Potomac River between Montgomery County, Maryland and Fairfax County, Virginia in the United States. 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 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.…
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, building, and industry
- Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.9744° or 38° 58′ 28″ northLongitude
-77.18907° or 77° 11′ 21″ westOpen location code
87C4XRF6+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 116060102OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q666140
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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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