Facilities

From wind tunnels to state-of-the-art chemistry labs, the Naval Academy has outstanding facilities and equipment in every phase of its program. Classrooms, labs and athletic facilities provide modern, well-equipped areas for learning and recreation. The following are only some of the special academic facilities available:

• Propulsion lab
• Wind tunnels, both subsonic and supersonic
• 120-foot and 380-foot towing tanks
• Coastal engineering basin
• Environmental chamber facilities
• Oceanographic research vessel, field laboratory and weather station
• 16-inch Cassegrain reflector telescope
• Fully-equipped laboratories for chemistry, physics, engineering, oceanography and foreign language courses
• 12-meter satellite earth station
• Computer network defense and attack facilities