USS Topeka (CL-67)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Topeka.
USS Topeka (CL-67), a Cleveland-class light cruiser in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1949. From 1957 to 1960, she was converted to a Providence-class guided missile cruiser and redesignated CLG-8. The cruiser served again from 1960 to 1969 and was finally scrapped in 1975.
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USS Topeka (CL-67) in January 1945 | |
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Name | Topeka |
Namesake | City of Topeka, Kansas |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 21 April 1943 |
Launched | 19 August 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Frank J. Warren |
Commissioned | 23 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 18 June 1949 |
Recommissioned | 26 March 1960 |
Decommissioned | 5 June 1969 |
Reclassified | CLG-8 on 23 May 1957 |
Stricken | 1 December 1973 |
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Motto | "Honor Freedom Valor" |
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Fate | Sold for scrap on 20 March 1975 |
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General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Cleveland-class Light cruiser |
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Beam | 66 ft 4 in (20.22 m) |
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Speed | 32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h) |
Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) @ 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Complement | 1,255 officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 4 × floatplanes |
Aviation facilities | 2 × stern catapults |
General characteristics (1960 rebuild) | |
Class and type | Providence-class guided missile cruiser |
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