Introduction
The Naval History & Heritage Command's Underwater Archaeology Branch (UAB):
- Assists the Director of Naval History and the Department of the Navy in all matters related to the science of underwater archaeology and the identification, research, interpretation, preservation, conservation, inventory, and management of U.S. Navy's historic sunken military crafts.
- Acts as a steward of the Navy's sunken military watercraft and aircraft, as well as their associated artifacts.
- Serves as the primary means through which the Navy complies with federal laws and regulations applying to historic preservation and Navy underwater cultural resources.
- Conducts archaeological research, administers conservation treatments to submerged Navy artifacts, and produces technical and popular reports on the results of their work.
- Maintains an inventory of sunken military craft sites, monitors the condition of the resources, evaluates and issues permits for archaeological investigations on historic wrecks, submits nominations to the National Register of Historic Places, and advises the Director of Naval History on policy matters and collaborations with other U.S. Navy Commands, federal and state agencies, as well as foreign governments, regarding historic wrecks that lie in U.S. waters
- Serves as the primary means through which the Navy complies with federal laws and regulations applying to historic preservation and Navy underwater cultural resources.
Location
The Underwater Archaeology Branch is located on the 1st floor, Building 70 in the Washington Navy Yard.
The mailing address is:
Underwater Archaeology Branch
Washington Navy Yard
805 Kidder Breese St, SE.
Washington, D. C. 20374-5060
Visiting the NHHC & Map of the Washington Navy Yard
nhhcunderwaterarchaeology@navy.mil
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