USS Topeka (PG-35)

USS Topeka (pg-35)
History
United States
NameUSS Topeka
NamesakeTopeka, Kansas
BuilderHowaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany
Launched1881 Built for the Peruvian Navy, retained in England
Acquired2 April 1898
Commissioned2 April 1898
Decommissioned15 February 1899
Recommissioned15 August 1900
Decommissioned7 September 1905
Recommissioned14 June 1916
Decommissioned14 September 1916
Recommissioned24 March 1919
Decommissioned21 November 1919
Reclassified
  • PG-35, 17 July 1920
  • IX-35, 1 July 1921
Recommissioned2 July 1923
Decommissioned2 December 1929
Stricken2 January 1930
FateSold for scrapping, 13 May 1930
General characteristics
TypeGunboat
Displacement2,255 long tons (2,291 t) normal
Length259 ft 4 in (79.04 m)
Beam35 ft (11 m) at the waterline
Draft16 ft 5 in (5.00 m) aft
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement167 officers and enlisted
Armament

USS Topeka (PG-35) was a gunboat of the United States Navy.

The ship was built in 1881 as the Socrates-class steamer (and prospectively, the Lima-Class cruiser Callao) Diogenes by the Howaldtswerke at Kiel, Germany. Acquired by the Navy from the Thames Iron Works, London, England, on 2 April 1898, she was renamed Topeka, and placed in commission the same day.

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