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