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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
Auxiliary gunboats of Spanish-American war 1898


Ships


No Name Launched // Comm. Builder Displacement, t Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, power, hp Armament Fate
PG35 Topeka (ex-Diogenes) 1881 // 4.1898 Howaldt, Kiel, Germany 2372 76.2x10.7x5.4 16 2HC, 4 cylindrical boilers, 2200 8-102/40, 2-57, 4-47, 2-37 miscellaneous auxiliary 7.1921


Standard scale images


<i>Topeka`s sister</i>-ship <i>Lima</i> 1902 more than 1000 t of displacement:
Topeka`s sister-ship Lima 1902 more than 1000 t of displacement:


Project history

Topeka was purchased 2.4.1898 as the Diogenes from Thames Iron Works, she was a two-funnel, iron-hulled steamer, which in British lists was classed as an unarmoured cruiser, presumably because of her displacement.

Modernizations

1910s, Topeka: - 2 x 1 - 102/40

Naval service

No significant events.