Editing David Taylor Model Basin (section)

==History==
In 1896, [[David Watson Taylor]] designed and supervised construction of the [[Washington Navy Yard]]'s Experimental Model Basin 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-936.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: David Taylor Model Basin |date=July 1984 |access-date=1 January 2016 |first=David K. |last=Allison |publisher=Maryland Historical Trust }}</ref>

The new navy modeling facility—named for David Taylor—was built in 1939 in today's community of [[Carderock, Maryland|Carderock]] just west of [[Bethesda, Maryland]] in [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]]. The Carderock facility contains multiple test basins (towing tanks for models) designed for a variety of testing capabilities.  DTMB has strongly influenced naval architecture for 70 years.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}