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{{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}}}} | ||
Latest revision as of 19:00, 8 March 2022
| U.S.S. Topeka (1898) | |
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| Hull Number: | PG-35 |
| Builder: | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft[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.
- Lieutenant John J. Knapp, 2 April, 1898 – 4 May, 1898[5]
- Commander William S. Cowles, before July 1898[6]
- Commander John A. H. Nickels, 5 September, 1901[7]
- Commander Frank A. Wilner, 20 November, 1903[8]
Armament
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 70.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 70.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 70.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 70.
- ↑ Boston Globe 5 May, 1898 p. 12.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 7.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 70.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 166.
- ↑ Silverstone lists six, Conway's lists eight
- ↑ 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.
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