USS Olympia (C-6/CA-15/CL-15/IX-40) is a protected cruiser that saw service with the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. She is currently a museum ship in Philadelphia.
USS Olympia (C-6), port bow, 10 February 1902.
USS Olympia (C-6) at the Independence Seaport Museum in 2007.
Olympia leading a column of cruisers, painting by Francis Muller
Olympia at the Battle of Manila Bay
Protected cruisers, a type of cruising warship of the late-19th century, gained their description because an armoured deck offered protection for vital machine-spaces from fragments caused by shells exploding above them. Protected cruisers resembled armored cruisers, which had in addition a belt of armour along the sides.
The Russian protected cruiser Oleg was a Bogatyr-class protected cruiser
The protected cruiser Esmeralda, built by the shipyard of the Armstrong House for the Chilean Navy, was the first warship of its kind in the world.
Hertha on a visit to the United States in 1909
Dutch protected cruiser Noord-Brabant as an accommodation ship