Difference between revisions of "U.S.S. Topeka (1881)"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(remove TenureListBegin/End macros... never really going to help)
Line 25: Line 25:
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Topeka''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{US-1Topeka|f=p}}}}
+
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Topeka''">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=John Joseph Knapp|nick=John J. Knapp|appt=2 April, 1898|end=before July 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 7}}|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=John Joseph Knapp|nick=John J. Knapp|appt=2 April, 1898|end=before July 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 7}}|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Sheffield Cowles|nick=William S. Cowles|appt=before July 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 7}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Sheffield Cowles|nick=William S. Cowles|appt=before July 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 7}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Augustine Heard Nickels|nick=John A. H. Nickels|appt=5 September, 1901{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Augustine Heard Nickels|nick=John A. H. Nickels|appt=5 September, 1901{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Frank Adams Wilner|nick=Frank A. Wilner|appt=20 November, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 14}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Frank Adams Wilner|nick=Frank A. Wilner|appt=20 November, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 14}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
 
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  

Revision as of 14:06, 4 November 2015

U.S.S. Topeka (1898)
Hull Number: PG-35
Builder: Howaldtswerke[1]
Purchased: 2 April, 1898[2]
Launched: 1881[3]
Commissioned: 2 April, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 2 December, 1929
Stricken: 2 January, 1930
Sold: 13 May, 1930
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Topeka was a German-built gunboat purchased by the United States Navy in 1898.

Construction

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[9][10]

  • six or eight 4-inch/40 caliber[11]
  • four or six 3-pounders[12]
  • two 1-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 70.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 70.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 70.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 70.
  5. List and Station, July 1898. p. 7.
  6. List and Station, July 1898. p. 7.
  7. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
  8. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
  9. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 70.
  10. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 166.
  11. Silverstone lists six, Conway's lists eight
  12. Silverstone lists six, Conway's lists four

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.

Template:Footer U.S.S. Topeka (1898)