Pssssst! Don't forget the map!!

This monument, located near the landward end of Luce Hall, was presented to the Academy in 1939 by the family of the late Japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito, who died in Washington that year.

The Santee Basin is named for the frigate Santee which served the Academy in several capacities - including gunnery practice ship and a floating brig for wayward Midshipmen - from 1861 until she sank in April 1912. Today the basin shelters the Academy's fleet of sailboats.

Located on the northeasterly corner of the Santee Basin is the Robert Crown Sailling Center, the hub of all Academy sailing activities. The center is named for former Navy League president Captain Robert Crown.

A navigational beacon located on the Academy seawall where the Severn River meets the waters of Spa Creek and the Annapolis city harbor, the Triton Light is the only beacon in the world with a * * * * / * * * * * flash sequence. The light is named for the submarine USS TRITON (SSN-586). The structure contains a globe which holds water from the 22 seas through which the TRITON sailed when, submerged, it circumnavigated the globe (15 February - 10 April 1960).

On 15 February 1898, at approximately 9:40 p.m., the United States battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, killing approximately half her officers and crew and sparking the Spanish-American War. The Maine is known as the longest ship in the Navy: her foremast is at the Academy in Annapolis - but her mainmast is in Section 24 of Arlingon National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

LeJeune Hall is home to the Naval Academy's olympic swimming pool. The building is capable of seating 1,000 specators for intercollegiate swimming and diving competitions. Named for Major General John LeJeune, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps from 1920 to 1929, the building is across the street from Halsey Field House and is built upon the site of Thompson Field, home of Navy football games until Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium opened in 1959.

We hope you've enjoyed our photo tour of the United States Naval Academy as much as we've enjoyed presenting it!  We're working on even more, so please check back occasionally. In the meantime, now that you've seen some of its many sights, why not visit Maryland's historic state capital, Annapolis, and tour the Academy in person?

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All photographs © by Michael Calo, Annapolis, Maryland
Some information obtained from USNA page "The United States Naval Academy: 150 Years of History"
Blue Angel graphics and USNA seal obtained from the U.S. Naval Academy HTML Resources page

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