Where are originals of Naval Records for the US Navy kept?
Naval Historical Center: Located in the Washington Navy Yard, along the Anacostia River in the southeast part of the city along with several other commands and facilities. The Navy Yard no longer functions as a shipyard but it has retained many of the original buildings. Among these are the Naval Gun Factory building which houses the Navy Memorial Museum, the original Model Towing Basin building, the Commandants Headquarters (which now is the home of CNO) and others. The Naval Historical Center occupies three floors of a two building complex just down the hill from CNO’s residence. On the first floor is the Center Library which houses a large library of naval reference books, cruise books and books relating to history and naval science. Cruise books published by ships may be contained in the collection if the ship sent one or one has been donated. Access to this library collection is through the main reading room on the first deck. The stacks are accessable only to library staff. The s
