Currently there is a lack of a centralized material property database for the U.S. Navy and its ship design contractors. This has lead to several instances of poor material selection by inexperienced designers. The Navy has issued the Material Selection Requirements that guides ship designers in selecting appropriate materials. Navy leadership has mandated the creation and use of a central, searchable database to aid designers in conforming with the Material Selection Requirements. This will help prevent the wrong materials from being used in specific applications. The Navy Material Property Database contains Navy-specific metals. There are two main groups of users, the ship design community and Navy materials engineers. The ship designers will access properties summarized from test data. Materials engineers will access the summarized properties and the test data. All data is relational and is stored in a hierarchical structure. Data from various mechanical tests are stored such as tension, compression, Charpy, dynamic tear, fracture toughness, fatigue crack growth, explosion bulge, and explosion crack starter tests. Test data are linked to material pedigree records. Data is referenced to a report or testing party and is assigned a quality level based upon its source. User access will be controlled, restricting certain datasets to approved users. The database is implemented using Granta Design software. Users will search the database via the web. A module will tell designers which properties are needed to fulfill the Material Selection Requirements. Materials engineers will analyze test data with modules and import that data into the database for review. Automated error checking will ensure accuracy when entering new data. The Navy Material Property Database is in development and once deployed, will provide a central source of material properties for the Navy’s ship designers and a test data warehouse for the Navy’s material engineers.