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MAYDAY for SUBSIMMERS!
1898
:Commodore Admiral Dewey issues the 2nd most famous (in American Naval history) Command: "You may fire when you are ready Gridley" and America acquires an empire at Manila Bay.
Aboard flagship USS Olympia
The only
Admiral of the NAVY
in full uniform
wearing only the Manila "Dewey" Award (of all his awards)
USS Olympia at Philadelphia, PA today
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