Title
Special Recognition - USS Olympia
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Recognize the USS Olympia, its Captain, officers and crew and thank them for their tremendous service to our nation.
Report
Issue:
Whether to recognize the USS Olympia, its Captain, officers and crew.
Staff Contact:
Steve Hall, City Manager, Executive Department 360.753.8447
Presenter(s):
Mayor Selby and Councilmembers
Background and Analysis:
Recently the USS Olympia visited the Puget Sound and was welcomed on January 27 by Councilmember Jim Cooper. On January 28, Councilmembers Bateman and Cooper also hosted the Captain and some of the crew on the steps of Olympia City Hall.
The original USS OLYMPIA was a protected cruiser in active service from 1895 to 1922, most notably in the Spanish-American War, and presently a museum ship in Philadelphia.
The Olympia (SSN 717) submarine is the United States Navy's 95th of the attack submarine fleet. She was christened and launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydocking Company in Newport News, Virginia, on April 30, 1983, Mrs. Dorothy Williams served as sponsor of the ship; and was commissioned on November 17, 1984. In February of 1986, the submarine set sail for her new homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
The submarine is 362-feet long, displaces 6,900 tons and can be armed with sophisticated Mk-48 advanced capability torpedoes and Tomahawk cruise missiles.
In February 1986, Olympia set sail for her new homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
In 1998, Olympia became the first Pacific-based submarine to pass through the Suez Canal in over 35 years.
September 3, 2002, since her commissioning the submarine has completed five deployments to the western Pacific including its most recent deployment where the crew directly participated in Operation Enduring Freedom.
April 17, 2003 USS Olympia departed Pearl Harbor for a six-month deployment to conduct operations in th...
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