Preserving a piece of US Maritime History - invaluable

The USS Olympia is a cruiser that fought in the Spanish American War in 1898 and has been preserved in Philadelphia. She's a one of a kind ship, a national historic monument, and in danger. She needs approximately $10-15 million in repairs to keep her a viable museum for years to come. If you have the resources, or connections to those resources, please consider helping. (full disclosure - there is no financial benefit to me to ask the question - we need to save this ship for posterity). Please contact me at 612-599-1935 or bdskon@fedex.com if you have additional questions.

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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Two of the three Japanese ships are shown to the media on Monday, landing ship tank Shimokita, left, and helicopter destroyer Hyuga, right. — Jeffrey S Brown

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The Japanese Defence Forces here in Joint Execersizes (San Diego)

Marines land Osprey on Japanese ship, a first

 In a historic first, a Marine MV-22 Osprey lands on the deck of the JS Hyuga helicopter destroyer off the coast on Friday in  San Diego, California. The Japanese participated in joint exercise with the US Navy called Dawn Blitz.Nice Job Marines - Landing an Osprey on a JDF Naval Ship