The ornate officer's saloon was once the private preserve of OLYMPIA's senior officers. The circular settee disguises an ammunition hoist that ferried shells from OLYMPIA's magazines to the 8" gun turret directly above this space. Visitors to this compartment walk on OLYMPIA's original Douglas fir decking, freshly varnished in 2002. A member of OLYMPIA's Living History Crew poses in the modern image at right.