Admiral Dewey’s flagship brand new in 1885. The elaborate scroll work on her bow and stern was removed sometime before her famous action at Manila Bay in 1998 and shipped to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis where it can be seen today. Cruiser Olympia herself is docked and on display at Philadelphia Seaport Museum, the sole floating survivor of the US Navy’s Spanish-american War Fleet. Tours are available to the public.

In this painting, USS Olympia is shown in her role as flagship of the United States Asiatic Squadron.  USS Columbia is visible on her port side, trailed by other cruisers of the United States fleet in the Pacific Ocean after her famous victory fighting the Spanish Fleet at Manilla Bay.

Cruiser Olympia at the Philadelphia Seaport Museum, Photographs and History : Philadelphia Seaport Musem/Olympia

Excellent selection of photographs of Cruiser Olympia : USS Olympia: Fifteen Minute Tour