Naval Sea Systems Command

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the United States Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel (not to be confused with "material") organizations. NAVSEA consists of four shipyards, nine "warfare centers" (two undersea and seven surface), four major shipbuilding locations and the NAVSEA headquarters, located at the Washington Navy Yard, in Washington D.C.

NAVSEA's primary objective is to engineer, build and support the U.S. Navy's fleet of ships and its combat systems. NAVSEA accounts for nearly one-fifth of the Navy's budget, with more than 100 acquisition programs under its oversight. The five Navy systems commands are:
 * Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
 * Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
 * Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
 * Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
 * Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP)

History
The Naval Sea Systems Command was established on 1 July 1974 with the merger of the Naval Ship Systems Command with the Naval Ordnance Systems Command. The Naval Ship Systems Command was established in 1966 replacing the Navy's Bureau of Ships (BuShips). Established in 1940, BuShips succeeded the Bureau of Construction and Repair, which had been responsible for ship design and construction, and the Bureau of Engineering, which had been responsible for propulsion systems.

Navy Yard Shooting
On Monday September 16, 2013, a 34-year-old former U.S. Navy veteran, Aaron Alexis, gained access to the yard using a valid ID card that had been issued to him as an IT contractor working with a company called The Experts entered Building 197 and Killed 12 people. The suspect was killed in a shootout with police. The victims that were killed are as follows.

- Michael Arnold, 59 — Martin Bodrog, 54 — Arthur Daniels, 51 — Sylvia Frasier, 53 — Kathy Gaarde, 62 — John Roger Johnson, 73 — Frank Kohler, 50 — Mary Francis Knight, 51 — Kenneth Bernard Proctor, 46 — Vishnu Pandit, 61 — Gerald L. Read, 58 — Richard Michael Ridgell, 52 "It was the deadliest shooting at a U.S-based military installation since Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 30 others in 2009 at Fort Hood in Texas. He was convicted last month and sentenced to death."

- Unnamed CBS Reporter

Facilities
The current NAVSEA facilities are: Naval Sea Logistics Center
 * Puget Sound Naval Shipyard – Bremerton, Washington
 * Norfolk Naval Shipyard – Portsmouth, Virginia
 * Portsmouth Naval Shipyard – Kittery, Maine
 * Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard – Hawaii
 * Naval Surface Warfare Center
 * Dahlgren – Dahlgren, Virginia
 * Crane – Crane, Indiana
 * Carderock – Carderock, Maryland
 * Indian Head – Charles County, Maryland
 * Port Hueneme – Port Hueneme, California
 * Corona – Corona, California
 * Panama City – Panama City, Florida
 * Dam Neck Combat Direction Systems Activity – Virginia Beach, VA
 * EOD Technology Division – Stump Neck, Charles County, Maryland
 * Ship System Engineering Station – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 * Naval Undersea Warfare Center
 * Naval Undersea Warfare Center – Newport, Rhode Island
 * Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center – Andros Island, Bahamas
 * Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport Division – Keyport, Washington
 * Washington Navy Yard – Washington D.C.
 * Allegany Ballistics Laboratory – Rocket Center, West Virginia
 * Supervisors of Shipbuilding
 * SUPSHIP Bath – Bath, Maine
 * SUPSHIP Groton – Groton, Connecticut
 * SUPSHIP Gulf Coast – Pascagoula, Mississippi
 * SUPSHIP Newport News – Newport News, Virginia