5/18 The squadron under the command of Commodore Dewey was as follows: _Olympia_--Protected cruiser (flagship), 5,500 tons. Speed, 21.7 knots. Armor, protected deck, 2 inches to 4-3/4 inches. Guns, main battery, four 8-inch, ten 5-inch, rapid-fire; secondary battery, rapid-fire, fourteen 6-pound, seven 1-pound, four Gatlings, one field gun and five torpedo tubes. Captain Charles V.Gridley. |