History
In 1896, David Watson Taylor designed and supervised construction of the Washington Navy Yard's Experimental Model Basin (EMB) which was at that time the best facility in the world. That facility was a significant design testing capability before, during, and after World War I. Inadequacies in that facility led the Navy to look for a new model capability.
The new Navy modeling facility — named for David Taylor — was built in 1939 in today's community of Carderock just west of Bethesda, Maryland in Montgomery County. The Carderock facility contains multiple test basins designed for a variety of testing capabilities. DTMB has been a pervasive influence on naval architecture for 70 years.
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