USS Olympia by Buffalo1

Photography • Military • posted on Aug 30, 2007

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She's the last ship of the Spanish-American War. The cruiser Olympia was Commodore Dewey's flagship at the battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898. She mounts four 8 inch guns, ten 5 inchers, and six pounders to chase away torpedo boats. Visit her in Philadelpha, Pennsylvania. There is also a neat Gato class Guppified submarine("Bacuna") and a clipper ship right next door. The battleship USS New Jersey sits across the river in Camden, NJ. I had to montage two photos together to get this view because I was carrying my "tourist" Olympus StylusEpic instead of my trusty, but bulky old Canon AE1.

Comments (15)

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erlandpil

12:50PM | Thu, 30 August 2007

Good shot erland

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zoren

1:34PM | Thu, 30 August 2007

cool shot!!

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TwoPynts

2:21PM | Thu, 30 August 2007

A grand old cruiser, luv that hull!

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brigadier

2:27PM | Thu, 30 August 2007

Really nice shot. A little before my time though :)

Ace10

2:49PM | Thu, 30 August 2007

This is agreat shot and good piece of work.Really interesting as well.Well done mate

MrsLubner

3:17PM | Thu, 30 August 2007

Holy moly! She is aging with grace! This is a very impressive shot! and the information with it is fantastic.

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weesel

6:29PM | Thu, 30 August 2007

IIRC this is the last 'protected' cruiser afloat. AVRORA in Russia is of the same period but I believe she is more correctly classified as a 'broadside' cruiser. Nice capture. The old 'Victorian' peacetime color schemes were certainly interesting.

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Richardphotos

9:23PM | Thu, 30 August 2007

what an impressive ship and history behind her. I have been at Manila bay a few times. they have a passenger ship berthed there now and turned it into a hotel

vkoontz

9:24PM | Thu, 30 August 2007

still a great pic!

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Buffalo1

10:51PM | Thu, 30 August 2007

Thanks, everybody. I'm working on another montage that I hope will be a little clearer.

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skyla824

11:52PM | Thu, 30 August 2007

WHAT A NEAT PHOTO.

Denys234

10:30AM | Fri, 31 August 2007

Excellent image!!

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Vik9740

7:32AM | Sat, 01 September 2007

i was expecting a naked woman with a sailor hat on! lol ;)/.. nice capture my friend

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jocko500

12:45AM | Sun, 02 September 2007

thanks for the history. very good shot of the boat.

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junge1

10:05PM | Sun, 01 October 2017

Great capture Rog. I have been on her a couple of times. Looking at her, it will cost a lot to keep maintaining her. I also been on the Gato class sub next to her. Apparently that sub picked up Bush senior when he was downed during WWII.