Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Aquidneck Island

Name: Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Address: Aquidneck Island, United States

#3 among attractions in Aquidneck Island

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The Naval Undersea Warfare Center is the United States Navy's full-spectrum research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive weapons systems associated with undersea warfare. It is one of the corporate laboratories of the Naval Sea Systems Command. NUWC is headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island and has two major subordinate activities: Division Newport and Division Keyport in Keyport, Washington. NUWC also controls the Fox Island facility and Gould Island. It employs more than 4,400 civilian and military personnel, with budgets over $1 billion. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 41°31'59"N, 71°18'32"W

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Naval Undersea Warfare Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Newport Casino, Cardines Field, Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge, Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery.

3.5 miS
Nightlife, Gambling, Casino
Newport Casino, Newport
89 min walk • The Newport Casino is an athletic complex and recreation center located at 180-200 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island in the Bellevue Avenue/Casino Historic District.
2.9 miS
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Cardines Field, Newport
75 min walk • Cardines Field is a baseball stadium located at 20 America’s Cup Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. It is believed to be one of the oldest ballparks in the United States and has been called "a small urban gem of a ballpark".
2.7 miSW
Park, Bridge
Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge, Newport
68 min walk • The Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge, is a suspension bridge operated by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority that spans the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island.
2.6 miS
Cemetery, Historical place
Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery, Newport
67 min walk • The Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery are a pair of separate cemeteries on Farewell and Warner Street in Newport, Rhode Island. Together they contain over 5,000 graves, including a colonial-era slave cemetery and Jewish graves.
1.6 miS
Park, Nature and wildlife
Miantonomi Memorial Park, Newport
41 min walk • Miantonomi Memorial Park is a public park between Hillside Avenue and Girard Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. The Narragansett Indians used the area around the park for hundreds of years and the park is named after Sachem, or Chief, Miantonomi.
2.6 miE
41°31'53"N • 71°15'31"W
Newport National Golf Club, Middletown
67 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
4.1 miSW
Museum, Classes and workshops, Civic center
Arts Center, Jamestown
106 min walk • Jamestown Art Center is a non-profit arts organization with a gallery, art studios, education facilities, and event space in a renovated boat repair shop, located at 18 Valley Street in Jamestown, Rhode Island.
2 miSW
Museum, Maritime museum, Military museum
Naval War College Museum, Newport
52 min walk • The Naval War College Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, is one of 10 official American museums operated by the United States Navy, under the direction of the Naval History & Heritage Command and in co-operation with the Naval War College.
1.7 miNE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Prescott Farm, Middletown
43 min walk • Prescott Farm is a historic preservation of a colonial farm in Middletown, Rhode Island. It spans 40 acres, and was in danger of demolition before Doris Duke, through the Newport Restoration Foundation bought it in 1973 and began restoration of the historical site.
4.6 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Newport Cliff Walk, Newport
117 min walk • The Newport Cliff Walk is considered one of the top attractions in Newport, Rhode Island, in the United States. It is a 3.5-mile public access walkway that borders the shore line.
2.3 miSE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Whitehall Museum House, Middletown
60 min walk • The Whitehall Museum House is the farmhouse modified by Dean George Berkeley, when he lived in the northern section of Newport, Rhode Island that comprises present-day Middletown in 1729–1731, while working to open his planned St Paul's College on Bermuda.