# USS Topeka

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**USS *Topeka***, named after the state capital [Topeka, Kansas](/source/Topeka,_Kansas), may be any one of these [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) ships:

- [USS *Topeka* (PG-35)](/source/USS_Topeka_(PG-35)), a [gunboat](/source/Gunboat) bought in England 1898, originally built as *Diogenes* by [Howaldtswerke](/source/Howaldtswerke) in [Kiel](/source/Kiel) and in periodic use until 1929.
- [USS *Topeka* (CL-67)](/source/USS_Topeka_(CL-67)), a [light cruiser](/source/Light_cruiser) of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), recommissioned in 1960 as the [guided missile cruiser](/source/Guided_missile_cruiser) CLG-8, with service in the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War) before decommissioning in 1969.
- [USS *Topeka* (SSN-754)](/source/USS_Topeka_(SSN-754)), a [*Los Angeles*-class submarine](/source/Los_Angeles-class_submarine) nuclear [attack submarine](/source/Attack_submarine), commissioned in 1989 and still on active service.

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