USS Olympia (C-6/CA-15/CL-15/IX-40) is a protected cruiser that saw service with the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. She...
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USS Olympia may refer to: USS Olympia (C-6) is a protected cruiser in active service from 1895 to 1922, most notably in the Spanish–American War, and presently...
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Independence Seaport Museum (section USS Olympia (C-6))
2006. In February 2010, museum officials announced that the cruiser USS Olympia needed $10 to $20 million for hull repairs to prevent her from sinking...
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preserved USS Olympia (C-6) retains her Driggs-Schroeder 6-pounders. She is at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia. Beginning in 1910 6-pounder...
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U.S. Navy seaman on Commodore George Dewey's flagship, the cruiser USS Olympia (C-6), and present at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, for which...
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mounted on: USS Olympia (C-6) - replacing 10 5"/40 and 4 8"/35 guns in 1917 USS Chester (CL-1) - replacing 2 5"/50 and 4 3"/50 guns in 1917 USS Birmingham (CL-2)...
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Driggs-Schroeder guns included USS Texas (1892), USS Maine (ACR-1), USS Olympia (C-6), USS New York (ACR-2), and USS Brooklyn (ACR-3). Olympia is preserved with her...
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equivalent A surviving example of a Mark 17 6-inch gun is located on board the protected cruiser USS Olympia (C-6). Olympia is a museum ship located at the Independence...
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the next two years, as a Passed Midshipman, he served in the cruiser USS Olympia (C-6), flagship of the U.S. Asiatic Station. Promoted to the rank of Ensign...
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