# Saving the USS Olympia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-uss-olympia/566151 "2011-01-02T18:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-uss-olympia/566151/21 "2014-05-06T14:34:31Z")
Some updates: [http://articles.philly.com/2014-04-04/news/48838979\_1\_jesse-lebovics-olympia-independence-seaport-museum](http://articles.philly.com/2014-04-04/news/48838979_1_jesse-lebovics-olympia-independence-seaport-museum) > **[Work Continues To Save Historic USS Olympia](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/work-continues-to-save-historic-uss-olympia/)** > > Caretakers of a deteriorating piece of maritime military history hope to have its future secured by next summer and continue working to ensure it stays afloat in the meantime. > **[@SavingPlaces | National Trust for Historic Preservation](https://savingplaces.org/)** > > You can help save the irreplaceable historic buildings, monuments, communities and landscapes that the National Trust for Historic Preservation has designated National Treasures. Hope you’ll consider donating - I’ve already done so. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-uss-olympia/566151/22 "2014-05-06T16:36:48Z")
> [@Tranquilis](#): > > The Salem, whilst indeed a lovely ship ( used to walk past her mothballed hull daily) and a fine example of an all-gun heavy cruiser, never did anything to make her worthy of preservation. Doubling for the Graf Spee in the film _The Battle of the River Plate_ doesn’t count? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-uss-olympia/566151/23 "2016-08-24T19:04:50Z")
Bumped with an update from _Naval History_ magazine - some good news on saving the _Olympia_: [http://www.usni.org/magazines/navalhistory/2016-08/olympian-effort-save-olympia](http://www.usni.org/magazines/navalhistory/2016-08/olympian-effort-save-olympia) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-uss-olympia/566151/24 "2016-08-24T19:21:48Z")
For some reason, these really old museum ships seem to have a seriously uphill fight just getting the money they need to stay in decent repair. The USS Texas (BB-35), which is of similar historical relevancy to the Olympia (only Dreadnought-era battleship still surviving, served in WWI and WWII, including D-Day and Okinawa) is suffering from similar hull-related issues as well as similar lack of funding. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-uss-olympia/566151/25 "2016-08-25T22:05:54Z")
The USS Intrepid does well but then its in NYC on the Hudson. Prime location. I fearful for the long term prospects of the USS New Jersey, stuck in Camden with poor attendance is not a good recipe. It really should have gone to Bayonne, NJ. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-uss-olympia/566151/26 "2016-08-26T01:13:28Z")
Not very important, perhaps, but I do feel a rather tenuous connection to the _Olympia_. I have a very close friend, (ex WWII Navy) now 92 years old. His father was a sailor on the _Olympia_ during WWI. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-uss-olympia/566151/27 "2020-05-19T16:26:29Z")
Bumped, with an update for the ship’s 125th birthday (picture at the top, short article about halfway down): [https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2020/april/naval-history-news](https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2020/april/naval-history-news) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-uss-olympia/566151.md?page=1)