During World War II Saunders directed construction of the David Taylor Model Basin at Carderock, MD, near the Potomac River west of Washington, DC. This site is now a Navy Laboratory, the Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWCCD). The NSWCCD Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin (MASK), completed in 1963 is dedicated to Capt. Saunders.
