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The United States Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), named for Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, is located in King George County, Virginia, in close proximity to the largest fleet concentration area in the Navy. NSWCDD is part of the Naval Surface Warfare Centers under the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).
The U.S. Navy's presence in Indian Head dates to 1890, when the Bureau of Ordnance dispatched Robert B. Dashiell to establish a naval ordnance center. [1] Dashiell served as Inspector in Charge of Ordnance there from 1890 to 1893. [2] During World War I, the facility served as Naval Proving Ground, Indian Head.
Naval Surface Warfare Center. Coordinates: 38.58454°N 77.18462°W. NSWC Dahlgren, Va. – Naval reservists, scientists and engineers work in the Integrated Command Environment (ICE) Human Performance laboratory located at NSWC Dahlgren, Va. The ICE lab focuses on the Navy's evolving human performance and human systems integration (HSI) testing.
The Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) is one of eleven learning centers of Naval Education and Training Command, headquartered on Naval Support Facility Dahlgren operated learning centers for the education and training of United States Navy personnel on the operation and use of shipboard combat systems, including the Aegis Combat System, SSDS, tactical data links and other systems that ...
24-41500. GNIS feature ID. 0590532. Website. www.townofindianhead.org. Indian Head is a town in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,894 at the 2020 U.S. Census. [3] It has been the site of a naval base specializing in gun and rocket propellants since 1890. [4] Production of nitrocellulose and smokeless powder began at ...
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The U.S. Navy Mine Unit, later the Mine Laboratory at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard, was established in 1918, and the first Officer in Charge (OIC) arrived in February 1919, marking the beginning of the Laboratory. In 1929 the Mine Laboratory was merged with the Experimental Ammunition Station in Indian Head to form the Naval Ordnance Laboratory.
Transportation personnel at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren prepare to off-load a World War I-era 7-inch gun on a tracked mount, the first gun originally test-fired to mark the establishment of Dahlgren as a naval proving ground on Oct. 16, 1918. The 7-inch, 45 caliber gun will be restored by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.