面对重建海军的迫切需要,美国国会从1883年开始陆续批准建造一批大型战舰的提案。此时正赶上舰船史上铁甲舰方兴未艾,工业发达的美国迅速跨过了木质战舰时代,开始了建立“新海军”的步伐,“奥林匹亚”号巡洋舰就名列其中。 Faced with the urgent need to rebuild the Navy, the U.S. Congress approved the proposal to build a number of large warships successively from 1883 onwards. Now caught up in the history of the ship ironclad ship in the ascendant, the United States developed rapidly industrialized across the era of wooden warships, began the establishment of “new navy” pace, “Olympia” cruiser ranked.