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![USS Olympia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/USS_Olympia_2.jpg/500px-USS_Olympia_2.jpg)
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The USS Olympia is located at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Olympia was a protected cruiser in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. Olympia was laid down June 17. 1891 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California and launched on November 5, 1892. Today a museum at Penn's Landing, the Olympia is the sole floating survivor of the U.S. Navy's Spanish-American War fleet.