John Currin (JC) posted USS Topeka PG35 1898 PG35 1898 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Tfkl7KSHx5g/V56DztJ_ezI/AAAAAAAASBU/gjgJ8oCIKsglFttrODxYB54C72A29c1sA/AA%2Bjj%2BUSS%2BTopeka%2BPG35%2B1898.jpg?imgmax=1024 USS Topeka (PG-35) was a gunboat of the United States Navy.The ship was built in 1881 as the Socrates-class steamer (later as Lima-Class cruiser) 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… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907
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