David Taylor Model Basin

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Taylor, David W., Model Basin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Bounded by MacArthur Blvd. and Clara Barton Pkwy., Bethesda, Maryland
Coordinates	38°58′27″N 77°11′22″W / 38.97417°N 77.18944°W / 38.97417; -77.18944
Area	32 acres (13 ha)
Built	1938 (1938)
Built by	Turner Construction Co.
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	85003231[1]
Added to NRHP	17 October 1985

The David Taylor Model Basin (DTMB) 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.