Why not help USS Olympia too.

[Sassover]

Love that you guys are raising money for USS Texas. I bought the Camo & Flag for my Texas. Maybe you guys could look into helping the USS Olympia in Philadelphia. I believe they have been having financial problems maintaining her for many years now. She is a Protected Cruiser from the Spanish American War. Was Dewey's Flagship at Manila Bay. Think she would be a great Tier II premium cruiser.

[Big_Tidday_Goth_GF]

I agree.  Our brave ships which represent our proud nation will last forever more.

[Ace_04]

Heck, even though not a warship, I'd definitely consider supporting this old girl in a future fundraiser event......she definitely needs some love:

[Edgecase]

It'd probably take months or years to get the ship researched, modeled, tested, and into the game. Texas was significantly more doable, since it's already in the game.

That said, would be cool if they started on it now so we could see it farther down the line.

[JohnnyO777]

16 minutes ago, Ace_04 said:

Heck, even though not a warship, I'd definitely consider supporting this old girl in a future fundraiser event......she definitely needs some love:

I used to walk by Her to and from work every day. So much money just to keep her there, it's mind numbing.
I'd like to see her made into a luxury water front Hotel/Museum.
The Olympia and Becuna need more pomp and circumstance than they're given at Penn's Landing. Granted, neither have the presence of the New Jersey across the river, but it's all about painting the right picture.
Good show bringing this up.

[Captain_Dorja]

Big U isn't ever going to get restored. They've been trying for like 30 years. A bunch of companies have looked into buying her and fixing her for use.  Too costly, even as a loss leader type project. They can hardly keep the ship at a dock. Sucks to say it, but that ship is only ever going to move between lay berths until she starts to sink, and will eventually end up  as a reef somewhere if she's lucky.

[Big_Spud]

Olympia is one that I'm extremely confused as to why they haven't made a premium yet.

 

We've got Aurora, we've got Mikasa, so where's Olympia?

[Captain_Dorja]

3 minutes ago, Big_Spud said:

Olympia is one that I'm extremely confused as to why they haven't made a premium yet.

 

We've got Aurora, we've got Mikasa, so where's Olympia?

 

Cause Olympia doesn't fit anywhere in the game at all. Almost everything about the ship basically says "I don't fit in this game."

[Morpheous]

Olympia could easily be a Tier 1 CA, so a T1 premium!  

[Black_Jack_Honour]

Olympia seems to have a better pr team getting her name out there. She's a fine ship, and I'd buy her.

Her keel laying only predates the Albany (T2) by 6 years.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Olympia_(C-6)

• 4 × 8 in (203 mm)/35 cal Mark 4 guns (2×2)
• 10 × 5 in (127 mm)/40 cal Mark 2 guns (10×1)
• 14 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.24 in) Driggs-Schroeder RF guns
• 6 × 1-pounder 37 mm (1.46 in) guns
• 4 × Gatling guns
• 6 × 17.7 in (450 mm) above-surface torpedo tubes, firing Whitehead Mark 1 torpedoes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Albany_(CL-23

 

Armament:

6 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns 4 × 4.7-inch (119 mm) guns 10 × 57-millimeter (2 in) 6-pdr Hotchkiss guns 4 × 1-pounder guns 4 machine guns 3 × 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes

[Seadog_Supreme]

The museum ships that struggle for funding should receive federal funds. They are a national treasure. I'm much rather see my tax dollars going to preserve Texas and Olympia than some other crap. I doubt I will ever visit either, but they should be preserved for future generations.

[Kitsunelegend]

I've been saying it for a while now. She'd make a fantastic litttle tier 2 premium floaty boat and her stats would probably come somewhat close to the St Louis. She'd be like the Mikasa really. Only 4 main guns in two turrets, but a heck of a secondary battery layout. Top speed speed of 22 knots, Decent armor for a protected cruiser, and heavier hitting guns. She'd be like a faster mini-Mikasa really xD

[Wuuthrad_2]

+1 on supporting the Olympia!  I remember visiting her as a kid. A historic ship well worth supporting. 

[ElAurens]

If they can make Cleveland a T6, they can certainly fit Olympia in somewhere.

[Lord_Slayer]

5 hours ago, Captain_Dorja said:

Big U isn't ever going to get restored. They've been trying for like 30 years. A bunch of companies have looked into buying her and fixing her for use.  Too costly, even as a loss leader type project. They can hardly keep the ship at a dock. Sucks to say it, but that ship is only ever going to move between lay berths until she starts to sink, and will eventually end up  as a reef somewhere if she's lucky.

 

Not to mention she has no interior, it was gutted when they had that aborted attempt to make her a cruise liner in the 90s. They've also been selling off some engine room pieces for scrap to have money to keep her docked.

 

5 hours ago, Big_Spud said:

Olympia is one that I'm extremely confused as to why they haven't made a premium yet.

We've got Aurora, we've got Mikasa, so where's Olympia?

 

She's older then the others by about 5-6 years.

 

3 hours ago, Seadog_Supreme said:

The museum ships that struggle for funding should receive federal funds. They are a national treasure. I'm much rather see my tax dollars going to preserve Texas and Olympia than some other crap. I doubt I will ever visit either, but they should be preserved for future generations.

 

Olympia was maintained as a relic by the US Navy (much like the USS Constitution) from 1931 to 1957. It was then turned over to the Olympia Cruiser association which then merged with the Independence Seaport museum in 1996.

 

At least she was better off then USS Oregon BB-3, she was loaned to Oregon as a memorial and museum, but in 1941, her scrap value was worth more then her historic value and she was sold, stripped, and finally scrapped in 1956.

[pikohan]

4 hours ago, Kitsunelegend said:

I've been saying it for a while now. She'd make a fantastic litttle tier 2 premium floaty boat and her stats would probably come somewhat close to the St Louis. She'd be like the Mikasa really. Only 4 main guns in two turrets, but a heck of a secondary battery layout. Top speed speed of 22 knots, Decent armor for a protected cruiser, and heavier hitting guns. She'd be like a faster mini-Mikasa really xD

 

I think the Olympia would work well in this regard too. I also think they will eventually put her in the game; it's just a matter of when, not if.

[Kuckoo]

5 hours ago, Big_Spud said:

Olympia is one that I'm extremely confused as to why they haven't made a premium yet.

We've got Aurora, we've got Mikasa, so where's Olympia?

 

Olympia was first commissioned into active service back in early 1895.  Mikasa and Aurora were not commissioned until 1902 and 1903, respectively.  Even the Albany - the oldest ship in the game and already an anachronism even at Tier II - didn't get commissioned until five full years after the Olympia was already serving.  The Olympia had already done her thing in Manila Harbor almost a year before the Albany was even launched.

 

Unless the devs start introducing a bunch of ships that saw service in the 19th century (not going to happen, but something that I would be a huge fan of), the Olympia just isn't going to have a place in this game.

[SkaerKrow]

She's got my vote.

[ElAurens]

[BrandonKF]

Even if not, awareness is important.

[Snargfargle]

On 11/1/2017 at 0:50 PM, 20thCenturyLtd said:

She is a Protected Cruiser from the Spanish American War. 

 

I actually met a veteran of the Spanish-American War when I was working at a VA hospital in the 80s. He must have been one of the last alive. Unfortunately, time had robbed him of his faculties and I couldn't really talk to him about his experiences.  

[gloom13]

Isn't it a bit weird that action by a game company from Belarus is needed to save american historical monuments?

 

[Big_Tidday_Goth_GF]

it says good things about WG that they are reaching out a hand to preserve naval history.  Western vidya developers are more interested in pushing narrative than literally everything else.  I don't think being a "consultant" is a viable job opportunity in Belarus, unless you are an actual historical consultant or someone with knowledge.  It's ironic that the most oldschool Soviet style state is what we're talking about when all of our corporations are the ones with actual commissars on the payroll.

[JohnnyO777]

 

iChaseGaming loaded an informative video on the Olympia a few years ago.
 

[WolfofWarship]

On 01/11/2017 at 5:50 PM, 20thCenturyLtd said:

Love that you guys are raising money for USS Texas. I bought the Camo & Flag for my Texas. Maybe you guys could look into helping the USS Olympia in Philadelphia. I believe they have been having financial problems maintaining her for many years now. She is a Protected Cruiser from the Spanish American War. Was Dewey's Flagship at Manila Bay. Think she would be a great Tier II premium cruiser.

Fantastic idea @20thCenturyLtd! What a great cause! She is such a beautiful ship, be a shame if she fell into disrepair