Olympia in the News

George Dewey, March 27, 2012, Nate’s Nonsense. California educator Nate Maas writes on the fanfare and life of Admiral Dewey.

Philadelphia’s ‘Titanic’ Progenitor, April 12, 2012, Michelle Durham, CBS

Historic Ships Struggle to Stay Afloat, April 2, 2012, Yowei Shaw, All Things Considered

Preservation Row: Olympia suitors are narrowed to four, November 28, 2011, Alan Jaffe, PlanPhilly

U.S.S. Cruiser Olympia Silver Commemorative Coins Proposed, October 24, 2011, Darrin Lee Unser, Silver Coins Today

Six groups, two of them local, want to take over Dewey’s ship Olympia, September 10, 2011, Edward Colimore, Philadelphia Inquirer

OLYMPIA Update, September 2011, Excerpted from the Independence Seaport Museum newsletter The Masthead

Candidates Step Up to Care for Olympia, April 13, 2011, Alan Jaffe, PlanPhilly

Last call for the region’s most endangered sites?, December 28, 2010, Alan Jaffe, PlanPhilly

The USS Olympia, Rusting Symbol of America’s Age of Empire, November 28, 2010, Chris Manteuffel and Rachel Manteuffel, Washington Post

Spanish-American Warship Spared, at Least for Now, November 18, 2010, Edward Colimore, Philadelphia Inquirer

USS Olympia under Attack by Economy, November 13, 2010, Christopher Eger, Suite101.com

USS Olympia, One-of-a-kind Steel Cruiser, Battles for Survival, September 7, 2010, Joann Loviglio, Associated Press in Christian Science Monitor

The Olympia may be Headed to a Watery Grave, August 22, 2010, John F. Lehman, Philadelphia Inquirer

Efforts in Philadelphia to Save Showpiece Ships, August 18, 2010, Bill Marsh, New York Times

Nobody Asked Me, But. . .The Olympia Needs Our Help, July, 2010, Craig Hooper, US Naval Institute Proceedings Magazine, Vol. 136

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