On 6 April 1917,the USS Olympia (C-6) was in transit, sailing from St. Thomas, and Virgin Islands to Hampton Roads,Virginia. A gale was blowing from the southwest and the ship had to be secured for heavy weather. It was also the day Congress declared war against Germany. For the next nineteen months, USS Olympia sailors assisted with U.
S. war efforts by participating in convoy patrols in the North Atlantic. The day that the Armistice was signed the ship was in Murmansk, and Russia and a portion of her crew had spent the preceding few months on land fighting the Bolsheviks.1... Read the rest of this entry ยป
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