. . "USS Topeka"@en . "--07-02"^^ . "--06-14"^^ . . "--03-24"^^ . . . . . . "--08-15"^^ . . . . . . . . . "The ship was built in 1881 as the steamer 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, Lieutenant John J. Knapp in command."@en . "The ship was built in 1881 as the steamer 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, Lieutenant John J. Knapp in command."@en . "USS Topeka (PG-35)"@en . "300"^^ . . "--04-02"^^ .