USS Olympia: A Historic Ship Named after Washington's Capita

On May 1, 1898, the United States won its first major engagement of the Spanish-American War at Manila Bay in the Philippines. The American fleet’s flagship, the USS Olympia, was for a brief moment the most famous ship in the world. It was named for the City of Olympia.  

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