This detachment, located on a 94-acre site on President’s Island near Memphis, became part of the David Taylor Research Center (DTRC) in 1988. In 1992, DTRC consolidated with NAVSSES to become the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. This Detachment includes a 500,000 square foot industrial facility with a 10-story clear space and 35,000 square feet of office space. This detachment was developed as the operating site for the Large Cavitation Channel. Programs in the LCC have ranged from basic research to direct Navy ship applications.
The William B. Morgan Large Cavitation Channel (LCC) is one of the world’s largest and most technically advanced water tunnel facilities. It is capable of testing all types of ship and submarine propellers and propeller-hull interactions with model scales sufficiently large to match the largest towing and turning basins in the world. The tunnel test section has a cross-section area of 100 square feet (10 feet by 10 feet) and can accept models up to 40 feet in length.
Operations Manager
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