221018-N-FK318-1033 WASHINGTON NAVY YARD (Oct. 18, 2022) Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) Director Samuel J. Cox, Navy rear admiral (retired), speaks to audience members at the National Museum of the Navy (NMUSN) during a ceremony celebrating the Navy’s 247th birthday. During the ceremony, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the Navy’s preferred location for a new NMUSN, which would be on land adjacent to the Washington Navy Yard that would be acquired either through a land exchange or direct purchase. This would allow the museum to offer the general publi


221018-N-FK318-1033 WASHINGTON NAVY YARD (Oct. 18, 2022) Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) Director Samuel J. Cox, Navy rear admiral (retired), speaks to audience members at the National Museum of the Navy (NMUSN) during a ceremony celebrating the Navy’s 247th birthday. During the ceremony, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the Navy’s preferred location for a new NMUSN, which would be on land adjacent to the Washington Navy Yard that would be acquired either through a land exchange or direct purchase. This would allow the museum to offer the general public unfettered access to Navy history and heritage.


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