OLYMPIA IX 40 - Revision history

NCMSysop: changed page reference for franklin

2024-02-04T01:39:35Z

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	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	Locy Type 2<br/><br/>[[~~FRANKLIN_Sail_Frigate_~~ \| USS Franklin]]		Locy Type 2<br/><br/>[[FRANKLIN_Screw_Frigate \| USS Franklin]]
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	1900-04-21		1900-04-21

GregCiesielski: Added 1 postmark/cover

2021-11-22T19:58:32Z

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	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	USPS<br/>Pictorial Postmark<br/><br/>"USS Olympia ~~C-6 Station~~"<br/><br/>Philadelphia, PA		USPS<br/>Pictorial Postmark<br/><br/>"USS Olympia Sta."<br/><br/>Philadelphia, PA
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	~~2008~~-05-01		2021-10-25
	</td><td align="center" width="350">		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	[[Image:~~GregCiesielski_Olympia_C6_20080501_1_Front~~.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_C6_20211025_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">
	~~N/A~~		[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_C6_20211025_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
	</td></tr></table>		</td></tr></table>
	~~110th~~ Anniversary of the ~~Battle~~ of ~~Manila Bay~~, cachet by [[~~Cachet_Maker_John_Byrnes_~~ \| ~~John Byrnes (One Dog Cachets)~~]]		100th Anniversary of World War I and the Return of the Unknown Soldier, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Michael_Brock_ \| Michael Brock]]
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GregCiesielski at 19:52, 22 November 2021

2021-11-22T19:52:00Z

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	<li>[[USS OLYMPIA CL-15_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Olympia C-6 / CA-15 / CL-15 Covers Page 1]]     (1899-22)</li>		<li>[[USS OLYMPIA CL-15_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Olympia C-6 / CA-15 / CL-15 Covers Page 1]]     (1899-1922, 2008)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>

GregCiesielski at 20:40, 5 December 2018

2018-12-05T20:40:05Z

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	<li>[[USS OLYMPIA CL-15_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1]]     (1899-22)</li>		<li>[[USS OLYMPIA CL-15_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Olympia C-6 / CA-15 / CL-15 Covers Page 1]]     (1899-22)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>

JonBurdett: date range

2018-02-22T20:48:14Z

date range

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	<li>[[USS OLYMPIA CL-15_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1]]     (~~1909~~-22)</li>		<li>[[USS OLYMPIA CL-15_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1]]     (1899-22)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>

JonBurdett: added 1 mark replaced 2

2018-01-01T19:17:39Z

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	[[Image:Olympia_C6_Postcard.jpg\|thumb\|center\|~~125px~~]]		[[Image:Olympia_C6_Postcard.jpg\|thumb\|center\|200px]]
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	<li>[[USS OLYMPIA CL-15_Covers_Page_1 \| ~~USS Olympia CL-15~~ Covers Page 1]]     (~~1919~~-22)</li>		<li>[[USS OLYMPIA CL-15_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1]]     (1909-22)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
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	</tr></table>		</tr></table>
	~~<!-- ********************************************** -->~~
	~~<!-- Postmarks from 1st Commissioning Period -->~~
	~~<!-- ********************************************** -->~~
	~~<hr/>~~
	~~<h4>1st Commissioning February 5 1895 to November 8 1899</h4>~~
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	Sailors Letter from the battleship [[OLYMPIA_IX_40_ \| USS Olympia]].		Sailors Letter from the battleship [[OLYMPIA_IX_40_ \| USS Olympia]].
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	~~<!-- Postmarks from 5th Commissioning Period -->~~
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	~~<br/><hr/>~~
	~~<h4>5th Commissioning May 14 1909 to August 28 1909</h4>~~
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	<br/><hr/>		<hr/>
	<h4>~~6th Commissioning 1916 to~~ December 9 1922</h4>		<h4>Post office established January 21 1909 - Disestablished June 9 1915</h4>

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			<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
			Locy Type<br/>1
			</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
			1909-08-07
			</td><td align="center" width="350">
			[[Image:JonBurdett olympia c6 19090807 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
			</td><td align="center" width="120">
			[[Image:JonBurdett olympia c6 19090807.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
			</td></tr></table>
			As C-6
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			<!-- Postmarks from 2nd Post Office Period -->
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			<hr/>
			<h4>Post office reestablished June 25 1917 - Disestablished December 9 1922</h4>

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	[[Image:JonBurdett olympia cl15 ~~19190430~~ pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett olympia cl15 19190430r pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">
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	[[Image:~~JonBurdett olympia 19200103~~ pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett_olympia_19200103r pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">
	[[Image:JonBurdett olympia 19200103.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett olympia 19200103.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]

GregCiesielski at 17:08, 7 December 2017

2017-12-07T17:08:36Z

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	<li>[[USS OLYMPIA CL-15_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1 ]]     (1919-22)</li>		<li>[[USS OLYMPIA CL-15_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Olympia CL-15 Covers Page 1]]     (1919-22)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>

GregCiesielski: Added 3 covers

2017-09-01T19:36:05Z

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JonBurdett: added 1 mark

2016-10-21T20:17:26Z

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JonBurdett: added 1 cover

2010-09-29T00:45:51Z

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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>
Olympia Class Protected Cruiser<br/>
Keel Laid June 17 1891 - Launched November 5 1892<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS OLYMPIA Protected Cruiser No. 6'''<br/>
Commissioned February 5 1895 - Decommissioned November 8 1899<br/>
Recommissioned January 1902 - Decommissioned April 2 1906<br/>
Recommissioned for Midshipman Training May 1906<br/>Decommissioned August 26 1907<br/>
Recommissioned for Midshipman Training June 1 1908<br/>Decommissioned September 1 1908<br/>
Recommissioned for Midshipman Training May 14 1909<br/>Decommissioned August 28 1909<br/>
Reclassified as a Barracks Ship, Charleston SC 1912 - 1916<br/>
Recommissioned 1916<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS OLYMPIA CA-15'''<br/>
Designated Heavy Cruiser (CA) July 17 1920<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS OLYMPIA CL-15'''<br/>
Reclassified Light Cruiser (CL) 1921<br/>
Decommissioned December 9 1922<br/>
Reclassified Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) June 30 1931, While in reserve<br/><br/>
Stricken September 11 1957<br/>
Transfered to the Cruiser Olympia Assn. on September 11 1957<br/>
Designated as a National Historic Landmark January 29 1964<br/>
Transfered to the Independence Seaport Museum January 1996
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:Olympia_C6_Postcard.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>

<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should
be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
<ol>
<li> Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>

<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks
should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark
has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest
known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type / Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Close-Up Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2<br/><br/>[[FRANKLIN_Sail_Frigate_ | USS Franklin]]
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
19---04-21
<br/>to<br/>
19---04-21
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Franklin_IX_19000421_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Franklin_IX_19000421_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Picture postcard of Cunard Steamship Ivirnia and the battleship [[OLYMPIA_IX_40_ | USS Olympia]]. Year date is unreadable.




<hr/>
<h4>6th Commissioning 1916 to December 9 1922</h4>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3 (AC)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1919-04-30
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett olympia cl15 19190430 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett olympia cl15 19190430.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As CL-15




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1920-06-24
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_CL15_19200624_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|250px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_CL15_19200624_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As CL-15<br/>
Picture postcard from Austria-Hungary




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3s
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1922-02-02
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_CL15_19220202_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_CL15_19220202_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As CL-15<br/>
Real-photo postcard, Hauling sugar cane Guantanamo Bay Cuba




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type P<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>O-24
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1919-12-22
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_CL15_19191212_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_CL15_19191212_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As CL-15<br/>Overstruck with a machine cancel from Charleston SC (Navy Yard SC)




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type P<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>O-24
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1920-01-03
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett olympia 19200103 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett olympia 19200103.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As CL-15<br/>

<hr/>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3 (AC-BTT)<br/><br/>"MOTHER DAY / PHILA.P.A."<br/><br/>[[AYLWIN_DD_355_ | USS Aylwin DD-355]]
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1935-05-12
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_BDLAylwin_DD_355_19350512_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
No Image
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Category_Mother's_Day_ | Mother's Day]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]<br/>The cachet commemorates the visit of the Cuban Cruiser "Patria" to Philadelphia PA to salute the "USS Olympia"




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPS Pictorial<br/><br/>"USS Olympia Station"<br/><br/>Philadelphia, PA
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1985-07-20
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_IX40_19850720_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_BB_19850720_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Birthday_ | 90th Anniversary]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPS Pictorial<br/><br/>"US Flagship Olympia Station"<br/><br/>Philadelphia, PA
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1995-02-05
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_C6_19950205_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_C6_19950205_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Birthday_ | 100th Anniversary]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPS Pictorial<br/><br/>"Centennial Postal Station"<br/><br/>Philadelphia, PA
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1998-05-01
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_19980501_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_19980501_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
100th Anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPS Pictorial<br/><br/>"Centennial Postal Station"<br/><br/>Philadelphia, PA
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1998-05-02
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_19980502_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_19980502_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
100th Anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPS Pictorial<br/><br/>"USS Olympia C-6 Station"<br/><br/>Philadelphia, PA
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
2008-05-01
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_20080501_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_20080501_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
110th Anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPS Pictorial<br/><br/>"USS Olympia C-6 Station"<br/><br/>Philadelphia, PA
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
2008-05-01
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Olympia_C6_20080501_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
No Image
</td></tr></table>
110th Anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_Byrnes_ | John Byrnes (One Dog Cachets)]]

<p> </p>

<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for the capital city of The State of Washington<br/>
Beginning in 1957 she was modified back to her 1898 configuration and became a museum ship at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she remains today as the sole floating survivor of the U.S. Navy's Spanish-American War fleet.



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