Potential Location

Former Mare Island Naval Shipyard

Dry Docks 1 at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard  in Vallejo California is a potential display site for the USS Olympia.  This is one of the sites we propose to evaluate in a feasibility Study.  Mare Island has a historic connection to the Olympia as it is was the location where from which the Olympia was fitted out subsequent to launch.  The Olympia departed Mare Island on the morning of August 25, 1895 at 5:30 in the morning on her way to the Asiatic Station and her date with destiny. 

The Olympia can be displayed at this site out-of-water in the historic dry-dock 1 which is listed on the National Park Services Register of Historic Places.  An out of water display would minimize the expenses and disruption related to hull repairs required for in water displays.