Dreadnought of the past - USS Olympia

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Contributor PO3SMITH created this beautiful drone video of the USS Olympia, a storied US Navy battleship which was launched just a few years prior to the Dreadnaught class battleships which helped to escalate the European naval arms race. The Olympia was launched in 1895, and it famously served as the flagship of Admiral of the Navy Dewey at the Battle of Manila, the critical naval clash of the Spanish-American War. With a length of 105 meters (about 330 ft.) and displacing 5k tons, the ship was decommissioned in 1922.

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Moored in the Delaware river sits this powerful force of the past. The Olympia was once the flagship and pride of the American Pacific Fleet that traveled the world's oceans representing at the time an up and coming power that America was becoming. Now a museum, she sits well preserved and welcomes visitors to tour her passageways and compartments.