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Sailors on board the protected cruiser USS Atlanta practice fencing while docked at New York Navy Yard.

This painting depicts Commodore George Dewey on the bridge of the cruiser Olympia during the Battle of Manila Bay.

This space on board USS Olympia served as the main hub for much of the berthing spaces for the officers of the ship. Separate compartments for each officer are accessed by wooden doors along the wood-paneled walls.

This 2010 photo shows the berth deck of the museum ship USS Olympia, with numerous hammocks slung from the overhead.

These three Chinese men were specially trained to serve as stewards on board the protected cruiser USS Olympia. This photograph was originally a cyanotype, and has been digitally modified.

Sailors on board the protected cruiser USS Olympia stand watch. Shown is Quartermaster R.C. Mehrtens, who steered the Olympia during the famous Battle of Manila Bay.

Sailors on board the protected cruiser USS Baltimore pose with cleaning equipment.

The private shower facility in Officers' Country on board the former cruiser USS Olympia, taken in 2009.

A washroom in Officers' Country on board the former cruiser USS Olympia, taken in 2010

Peddlers from Tangiers, Morocco bring baskets of goods on board the cruiser USS Baltimore, May 1904.

Sailors on board USS Olympia shine metal surfaces on deck, 1898.

Sailors clean the hull of the cruiser USS Olympia in 1898.

This head on board the former protected cruiser USS Olympia shows the modern, and somewhat luxurious, facilities available to officers of the ship.

The restored enlisted head on board the former protected cruiser USS Olympia, shot in 2010.

Painting of The Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, seen from the cruiser Olympia.