WORLD OF WARSHIPS PROTECTED CRUISER USS OLYMPIA

Wallpaper Description:

"Quiet Before the Storm" Tom Freeman Print - U.S.S. Olympia in Hong Kong 1898. Tom Freeman passed away, unexpectedly, on 16 June 2015

Displacement 5,870 Tons, Dimensions, 344' 1" (oa) x 53' 1" x 24' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 8"/35, 10 x 5"/40, 14 x 6pdr, 6 x 1pdr, 6 x 18" tt..
Armor, 3 1/2" Shields, 4 3/4" Deck, 5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 13,500 IHP; 2 Vertical, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 20 Knots, Crew 412.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 17 June 1891 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA
Launched 05 NOV 1892
Commissioned 05 FEB 1895
Decommissioned 08 NOV 1899

PROTECTED CRUISERS
Cruisers with armoured decks and no side armour