Olympia-class cruiser

Class overview
*USS Olympia* (C-6)**
Name:	Olympia-class cruiser
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	Chicago-class cruiser
Succeeded by:	Columbia-class cruiser
Completed:	1
Retired:	1
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Protected Cruiser (Heavy Cruiser)
Displacement:	5,870 tons
Length:	344 ft 8 in (105.05 m)
Beam:	53 ft
Draft:	21 ft 6 in
Propulsion:	Triple-expansion 2 Screws 18,000 Horsepower
Speed:	22 knots
Complement:	33 officers 396 enlisted men OR 17 officers 282 men
Armament:	4 - 8-inch guns 10 - 5-inch guns 14 - 6 pounder guns 4 - gatlings
Armor:	Turrets 3.5 in barbettes 4.5 in Protective deck - flat 2 in slope 4.75 in

The Olympia class was a class of protected cruiser operated by the United States Navy.

History

The Olympia class was built in a transitional period for warship design and for the US Navy. The Navy was expanding its fleet to move beyond coastal defence onto the world stage. The Olympia was larger and faster than the previous generation of Navy ships, built with a new type of vertical triple expansion steam engine. Yet she retained a vestigial suit of sails for emergency propulsion. She was one of the first navy ships to have electricity, hydraulic powered steering gear and refrigeration. The Olympia class was also designed and constructed entirely inside the United States as per a stipulation by Congress. This was to force advances in United States industrial technology. This led to the rise of steel shipbuilding inside the United States.

The Olympia has the distinction of being the third oldest preserved United States Navy ship, after the USS Constitution and the USS Constellation and the only surviving ship of the Spanish–American War.

List of ships

USS Olympia (C-6)

External links

Friends of the Cruiser Olympia
Global Security.org - Olympia class cruiser
Global Security.org - Olympia class cruiser specifications

United States naval ship classes of World War I

Dreadnought battleships	South Carolina Delaware Florida Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee^C Colorado^C South Dakota^X

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Indiana Iowa^S Kearsarge Illinois Maine Virginia Connecticut

Battlecruisers	Lexington^X

Armored cruisers	New York^S Brooklyn^S Pennsylvania Tennessee

Protected cruisers	Chicago^S Baltimore^S San Francisco^S Olympia^S Cincinnati Columbia New Orleans Denver St. Louis

Scout cruisers	Chester

Unprotected cruisers	Montgomery

Destroyers	Bainbridge Truxtun Smith Paulding Cassin Aylwin O'Brien Tucker Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson^C

Submarines	Plunger B C D E F G H K L M-1^S AA-1 N O R

Auxiliaries	Boston^S Recruit^S

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

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