Washington Navy Yard

This article is about the naval yard in Washington, D.C.. For the neighborhood in Washington, D.C., see Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.

Washington Navy Yard
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Aerial view of Washington Navy Yard, 1985
Location	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°52′24″N 76°59′49″W
Built	1799
Architect	Benjamin Latrobe et al.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	73002124
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1973

The Washington Navy Yard is the former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Southeast Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore base of the U.S. Navy. It has the offices of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Historical Center, the Department of Naval History, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, Naval Reactors, Marine Corps Institute, the United States Navy Band, and many other naval commands. Before 2006, it was the headquarters to the Marine Corps Historical Center, but that center moved to Quantico. The Washington Navy Yard was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It became a National Historic Landmark on May 11, 1976.