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The David Taylor Model Basin is one of the largest ship model basin
Ship model basin

A ship model basin may be defined as one of two separate yet related entities, namely:* a physical dock or water tank used to carry out hydrodynamics tests with ship models, for the purpose of designing a new ship, or refining the design of a ship to improve the ship's performance at sea;...
s — test facilities for the development of ship design — in the world.

David Watson Taylor designed and supervised construction in 1896 of the Washington Navy Yard
Washington Navy Yard

The Washington Navy Yard is the former shipyard and Weapon plant of the United States Navy in Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S....
's Experimental Model Basin (EMB). The Basin named for him was built in 1939 in Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, built in 1820 and rebuilt in 1850, which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda....
 and contains a shallow water basin, a deep water basin, and a high-speed basin.

The Shallow Water Basin comprises three adjoining sections: deep water, shallow water, and a J-shaped turning basin used for steering maneuvers.






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The David Taylor Model Basin is one of the largest ship model basin
Ship model basin

A ship model basin may be defined as one of two separate yet related entities, namely:* a physical dock or water tank used to carry out hydrodynamics tests with ship models, for the purpose of designing a new ship, or refining the design of a ship to improve the ship's performance at sea;...
s — test facilities for the development of ship design — in the world.

David Watson Taylor designed and supervised construction in 1896 of the Washington Navy Yard
Washington Navy Yard

The Washington Navy Yard is the former shipyard and Weapon plant of the United States Navy in Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S....
's Experimental Model Basin (EMB). The Basin named for him was built in 1939 in Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, built in 1820 and rebuilt in 1850, which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda....
 and contains a shallow water basin, a deep water basin, and a high-speed basin.

The Shallow Water Basin comprises three adjoining sections: deep water, shallow water, and a J-shaped turning basin used for steering maneuvers. Its carriage can provide speeds up to 18 knots
Knot (speed)

The knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour. Its kn abbreviation is preferred by American and Canadian maritime authorities, and by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; however, the kt and kts abbreviations also are used....
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The Deep Water Basin has a pneumatic wavemaker located at one end, and a wave
Wave

A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space and time, usually with transference of energy. While a mechanical wave exists in a medium , waves of electromagnetic radiation can travel through vacuum, that is, without a medium....
 absorbing beach at the other. This capability allows modeling of regular or irregular sea states. Located behind a moveable section of the beach is a fitting out dry dock
Dry dock

A drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform....
. Its carriage can provide speeds up to 20 knots.

The High-Speed Basin comprises two adjoining sections: a deep water section and a shallow water section. Wavemaking capability exists in this basin, and there are three large underwater viewing windows at different elevations which are set into the wall about mid-length. The high-speed carriages can provide complex motions for the model at speeds up to 50 knots.

The David Taylor Model Basin is currently operated as a field activity of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

The Carderock, Maryland Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center specializes in ship acoustics and stealth ship Stealth technology. Another area of focus is hydromechanics....
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The David Taylor Model Basin was an early user of computers, and an active site for computer technology. It was one of three government agencies present at the 1959 meeting where the computer language COBOL
COBOL

COBOL is one of the oldest programming languages still in active use. Its name is an acronym for COmmon Business-Oriented Language, defining its primary domain in business, finance, and administrative systems for companies and governments....
 was created.

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  • , at Maryland Historical Trust