{"id":22402,"date":"2017-06-22T07:11:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T11:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=22402"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:24:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:24:39","slug":"looking-south-the-uss-olympia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/06\/22\/looking-south-the-uss-olympia\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking South – The USS Olympia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Boy and I took a stroll to the Spruce Street Harbor Park yesterday, and we got to check out the USS Olympia.\u00a0From Wikipedia:<\/p>\n

USS\u00a0Olympia<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is a\u00a0protected cruiser<\/a>\u00a0that saw service in the\u00a0United States Navy<\/a>\u00a0from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. This vessel became famous as the\u00a0flagship<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Commodore<\/a>\u00a0George Dewey<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Battle of Manila Bay<\/a>\u00a0during the\u00a0Spanish\u2013American War<\/a>\u00a0in 1898. The ship was decommissioned after returning to the U.S. in 1899, but was returned to active service in 1902.<\/p>\n

She served until\u00a0World War I<\/a>\u00a0as a training ship for naval cadets and as a floating barracks in\u00a0Charleston, South Carolina<\/a>. In 1917, she was mobilized again for war service, patrolling the American coast and escorting transport ships.<\/p>\n

After World War I,\u00a0Olympia<\/i>\u00a0participated in the 1919\u00a0Allied intervention<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Russian Civil War<\/a>\u00a0and conducted cruises in the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas to promote peace in the unstable Balkan countries. In 1921, the ship carried the remains of World War I’s\u00a0Unknown Soldier<\/a>\u00a0from France to\u00a0Washington, D.C.<\/a>, where his body was interred in\u00a0Arlington National Cemetery<\/a>.\u00a0Olympia<\/i>\u00a0was decommissioned for the last time in December 1922 and placed in reserve.<\/p>\n

In 1957, the U.S. Navy ceded title to the Cruiser\u00a0Olympia<\/i>\u00a0Association, which restored the ship to her 1898 configuration. Since then,\u00a0Olympia<\/i>\u00a0has been a\u00a0museum ship<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Philadelphia<\/a>, where it is now part of the\u00a0Independence Seaport Museum<\/a>.\u00a0Olympia<\/i>\u00a0was designated a\u00a0National Historic Landmark<\/a>\u00a0in 1966.<\/p>\n

Olympia<\/i>\u00a0is the oldest steel US warship still afloat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Boy and I took a stroll to the Spruce Street Harbor Park yesterday, and we got to check out the USS Olympia.\u00a0From Wikipedia: USS\u00a0Olympia\u00a0is a\u00a0protected cruiser\u00a0that saw service in the\u00a0United States Navy\u00a0from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. 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