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The Navy's Indoor Ocean -- the maneuvering and seakeeping basin, or MASK -- is 240-feet wide, 360-feet long and holds over twelve-million gallons of water. Its mission is to test ship designs and ocean wave patterns at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, located in Maryland.

INDOOR OCEAN

The Navy's Indoor Ocean -- the maneuvering and seakeeping basin, or MASK -- is 240-feet wide, 360-feet long and holds over twelve-million gallons of water. Its mission is to test ship designs and ocean wave patterns at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, located in Maryland.

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