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Showing posts with label Ships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ships. Show all posts

Thursday, September 09, 2010

Olympia, 2-war naval veteran, battles for survival


Olympia, 2-war naval veteran, battles for survival


USS Olympia, 2-war naval veteran, battles for survival http://tinyurl.com/2en4slz

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ASSOCIATED PRESS | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Mon, Sep 6, 3:03 AM



ASSOCIATED PRESS | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Mon, Sep 6, 3:03 AM


PHILADELPHIA — The USS Olympia, a one-of-a-kind steel cruiser that returned home to a hero's welcome after a history-changing victory in the Spanish-American War, is a proud veteran fighting what may be its final battle.
Time and tides are conspiring to condemn the weathered old warrior to a fate two wars failed to inflict. Without a major refurbishment to its aging steel skin, the Olympia either will sink at its moorings on the Delaware River, be sold for scrap, or be scuttled for an artificial reef just off Cape May, N.J., about 90 miles south… http://dailyme.com/story/2010090600000544/olympia-2-war-naval-veteran-battles-survival.html

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 105067-A USS Olympia (C-6), circa 1901

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http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/09/olympia-2-war-naval-veteran-battles-for.html
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USS New Jersey – May 18, 1951







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Friday, July 24, 2009

Archaeologists find graveyard of sunken Roman ships

Archaeologists find graveyard of sunken Roman ships

Thu Jul 23, 2009

Hat Tip: http://www.wcaryeberly.com/ kevindayhoff RT @wceberly Archaeologists find graveyard of sunken Roman ships http://bit.ly/11FIoC

ROME (Reuters) – A team of archaeologists using sonar technology to scan the seabed have discovered a "graveyard" of five pristine ancient Roman shipwrecks off the small Italian island of Ventotene.

The trading vessels, dating from the first century BC to the fifth century AD, lie more than 100 meters underwater and are amongst the deepest wrecks discovered in the Mediterranean in recent years, the researchers said on Thursday.

Read the entire article here: Archaeologists find graveyard of sunken Roman ships

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090723/sc_nm/us_italy_shipwrecks

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