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Accession: 2011-173-199 Horseshoe, USS OLYMPIA Horseshoe was displayed on the USS OLYMPIA, Admiral Dewey's flagship during the Spanish American War. A horseshoe is a symbol of good luck . The USS New York BB-34 also displayed a horseshoe .This was riveted onto the first keel plate of the ship, in what the Tensas Gazette called a " ceremony unique in the annals of naval construction." (10 November 1911) www.navsource.org/archives/01/34a.htm It is not known whether the Olympia Horsehoe was similarly placed on a keel plate or displayed elsewhere in the ship.

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Author Naval History & Heritage Command from Washington, DC, USA

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