page_title: Washington Navy Yard
hierarchical_section_title: Washington Navy Yard
caption_attribution_description: Aerial view of the Washington Navy Yard. The Forest Sherman class destroyer ex-USS BARRY (DD 933) is visible, center.
context_page_description: 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 establishment of the U.S. Navy.
  The Yard currently serves as a ceremonial and administrative center for the U.S. Navy, home to the Chief of Naval Operations, and is headquarters for the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Reactors, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Naval History and Heritage Command, the National Museum of the United States Navy, the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, Marine Corps Institute, the United States Navy Band, and other more classified facilities.
  In 1998, the yard was listed as a Superfund site due to environmental contamination.
context_section_description: The Washington Navy Yard (WNY) is the former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Southeast Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S. Navy.
  The Yard currently serves as a ceremonial and administrative center for the U.S. Navy, home to the Chief of Naval Operations, and is headquarters for the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Reactors, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Naval History and Heritage Command, the National Museum of the United States Navy, the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, Marine Corps Institute,  the United States Navy Band, and other more classified facilities.
  In 1998, the yard was listed as a Superfund site due to  environmental contamination.
caption: Aerial view of Washington Navy Yard, 1985
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