U.S.S. Topeka (1881)

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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

[5][6]

  • six or eight 4-inch/40 caliber[7]
  • four or six 3-pounders[8]
  • 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. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 70.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 166.
  7. ↑ Silverstone lists six, Conway's lists eight
  8. ↑ 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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