Washington Navy Yard - View this location on map Built on an Anacostia River site purchased in 1799, the Washington Navy Yard was the U.S. Navy's first yard and first home port center for early 19th-century naval operations during a critical period of expanding nationalism. Torpedoes, submarines and ordnance have been tested here over the years. The yard now contains approximately 35 buildings erected between 1799 and 1920, and contains a naval administration center and the Navy Museum. 8th and M Streets, SE, Washington, District of Columbia Historical

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