USS Balao (SS-285)

Historical marker location:

614 Sicard Street Southeast, Navy Yard, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Isaac Hull Avenue Southeast south of Tingey Street Southeast, on the right when traveling south.)

The District was originally much larger: The District of Columbia originally included land from both Maryland and Virginia, but in 1846, the portion of the District that had been taken from Virginia was returned to the state.