SC Olympia Committee

SC Olympia Committee USS Olympia - Bring the Spanish American War Cruiser to Beaufort, SC

With the approval of the Marine Corps MCRD Parris Island, the SCOC would be responsible for the development of the project and the initial application process. It would take ownership of the Olympia with a mission to insure a long term financially sound program for this historic national treasure.

The original dry-dock Facility at Parris Island could play an important role for providing a long term solution and a home for the Cruiser Olympia and ensure that its place in history will be shared for generations to come. The concept is that the original historic dry-dock at Parris Island be restored and a base and cradle be built to hold the Olympia in a permanent dry-dock status, This would provide a long term solution to water-based hull damage, a reduction in short term and long term maintenance costs, and will allow a focus on Ship restoration and preservation. What makes this approach truly unique is that The Olympia would be at home with the Spanish American War history that is such an important part of Beaufort's history.

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Beaufort, SC

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The USS Olympia's importance in American history is virtually unparalleled. Serving as Admiral Dewey's flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay, she remains as the sole surviving witness to the birth of the United States as a world power, and the beginning of what has been called "the American century." Olympia's last official naval mission was to carry the body of the Unknown Soldier from France to the United States in 1921. In addition to being a National Historic Landmark, Olympia is also a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, on the National Register of Historic Places, and part of the Save America's Treasures program.

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