United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and is located in Annapolis, Maryland. The Academy is often referred to simply as "Annapolis" although naval officers normally refer to it in conversation as "the Academy", "the Yard" or "the Boat School". U.S. sports media refer to the Academy as Navy, and this usage is officially endorsed. ROTC and Officer Candidate School graduates as well as cadets from the Air Force Academy and the Military Academy at West Point (USNA's traditional rivals) often refer to the Naval Academy as "Canoe U."

Campus

It has grown from a 40,000 m² (10-acre) Army post named Fort Severn in 1845 to a 1.37 km² (338-acre) campus in the 21st century. Its principal buildings are:

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40,000 m² - 1845 - 1.37 km² - 21st century

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• Nimitz Library (housing the departments of Language Studies and Political Science, as well as the library collection itself);
• Rickover Hall (housing the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Naval Ocean Engineering, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering);
• Maury Hall (housing the departments of Weapons and Systems Engineering as well as Electrical Engineering);
• Michelson Hall (housing the departments of Computer Science and Chemistry);
• Chauvenet Hall (normally housing the departments of Physics and Mathematics, but closed for renovations beginning the summer of 2004);
• Sampson Hall (housing the departments of English and History);
• Mahan Hall (containing a theater along with the old library, which has now been converted into a lounge and meeting room);
• The chapel (also, beneath it, is the crypt of John Paul Jones);
• Alumni Hall (capable of holding the entire Brigade of Midshipmen and hosting various sporting events, such as basketball);
• Bancroft Hall (the midshipmen's quarters and the world's largest dormitory);
• Dahlgren Hall (containing an ice hockey rink and a restaurant area);
• Lejeune Hall (built in 1982 - home to an Olympic class swimming pool);
• MacDonough Hall (holds a full scale gymnastics area as well as an alternate swimming pool);
• The Officers' and Faculty Club and officers' quarters spread around the Yard.