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Ship-USS Olympia (C-6)
US Navy Cruiser Olympia, is a protected cruiser that saw service in the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. This vessel became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War in 1898. The ship was decommissioned after returning to the U.S. in 1899, but was returned to active service in 1902. She served until World War I as a training ship for naval cadets and as a floating barracks in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1917, she was mobilized again for war service, patrolling the American coast and escorting transport ships. After World War I, Olympia participated in the 1919 Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and 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 Unknown Soldier from France to Washington, D.C., where his body was interred in Arlington National Cemetery. Olympia was decommissioned for
| Date | 1895 |
| File name | Ship-USS Olympia (C-6).jpg |
| File Size | 92.21k |
| Dimensions | 700 x 427 |
| Linked to | Joseph Samuel 'J S' Wirag (Military Service); Joseph Samuel 'J S' Wirag |
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