CRUISER OLYMPIA NAVAL SHIP MEMORIAL
CRUISER "OLYMPIA" LAUNCHED IN 1892, IS THE OLDEST STEEL WARSHIP AFLOAT TODAY. "OLYMPIA" IS BEST KNOWN AS COMMODORE GEORGE DEWEY'S FLAGSHIP IN THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING THE 1898 SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. THE SHIP'S FINAL MISSION IN 1921 WAS TO BRING BACK FROM FRANCE THE BODY OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
Location
Address:
INDEPENDENCE SEAPORT MUSEUM-SPRUCE STREET AND COLUMBIA BOULEVARD
City:
PHILADELPHIA
State:
Pennsylvania
Zip Code:
19106
Details
Memorial Type:
Naval Ship Memorials
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
RICHARD E. MILLER
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