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USS Topeka
Three United States Navy ships have been named USS Topeka, after the town of Topeka, Kansas.
- The first Topeka (PG-35)[?] was a gunboat[?] bought in England 1898 and in periodic use until 1929.
- The second Topeka (CL-67) was a light cruiser of World War II, recommissioned in 1960 as the guided missile cruiser[?] CLG-8, with service in the Vietnam War before decommissioning in 1969.
- The third Topeka (SSN-754)[?] is a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine, commissioned in 1989 and still on active service in 2003.
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