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  1. USS Olympia (C-6)
    USS Olympia (C-6)1892 protected cruiser
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  2. Displacement5,586 long tons (5,676 t) (standard) · 6,588 long tons (6,694 t) (full load)
    Length344 ft 1 in (104.88 m)
    Beam53 ft (16 m)
    Design and construction

    The newly formed Board on the Design of Ships began the design process for Cruiser Number 6 in 1889. For main armament, the board chose 8 in (203 mm) guns, though the number and arrangement of these weapons, a… See more

    Service history

    Upon commissioning in February 1895 Olympia departed the Union Iron Works yard in San Francisco and steamed inland to the U.S. Navy's Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, where outfitting was completed … See more

    Preservation

    On December 9, 1922, she was decommissioned for the last time in Philadelphia and placed in reserve. On June 30, 1931, the ship was reclassified IX-40, to be preserved as a relic.
    On Septem… See more

     
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