The wet dock at Norfolk Navy Yard holds a large white and orange-hulled vessel at left and several dark torpedo boats at right, with industrial buildings along the waterfront. The message is headed U.S.S. Olympia and reports the ship anchored in Hampton Roads on a summer cruise, with the next stop listed as New London, Conn. N.H., likely a slip for New London, Conn. Olympia was by then a veteran of the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay, where she served as Dewey's flagship.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
6/19/08. U.S.S. Olympia
Dear Miss Krieger:- We are on the
"Summer cruise." Anchored in Hampton
Roads. Next stop New London, Conn. N.H.
PostmarkedFORTRESS [illegible], VA, June 20, 1908, 09:00
White border; handwritten message on front; copyright 1905 by Detroit Publishing Co. (series 9153).
Postmark: FORTRESS [illegible] VA. JUN 20 9 AM 1908. Undivided back; white border; 1c Franklin green stamp; some foxing/stains.
Cite this card
Torpedo Boats in the Wet Dock, Norfolk Navy Yard, VA, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/torpedo-boats-in-the-wet-dock-norfolk-navy-yard-va-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.
