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Revision as of 16:08, 3 December 2014
U.S.S. Topeka (1898) | |
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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.
- Lieutenant John J. Knapp, 2 April, 1898 – before July 1898[5]
- Commander William S. Cowles, before July 1898[6]
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.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 7.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 7.
- ↑ 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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