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USS Topeka

1944 Providence-class cruiser
Vehicle light_cruiser Q6146651
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Summary

USS Topeka is a light cruiser[1]. It draws 178 Wikipedia views per month (light cruiser category, ranking #74 of 299).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operator: United States Navy[3]
  • Manufacturer: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation[4]
  • Vessel class: Providence-class cruiser[5], Cleveland-class cruiser[6]
  • Commons category: USS Topeka (CLG-8)[7]
  • Country of origin: United States[8]
  • Participated in conflict: World War II[9]
  • Significant event: ship launching[10], ship decommissioning[11], ship recommissioning[12], keel laying[13]
  • Location of creation: Quincy[14]
  • Different from: USS Topeka[15]
  • Name: USS Topeka[16]
  • Country of registry: United States[17]

Why It Matters

USS Topeka is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → —
    Manufacturer → Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
    Significant event → ship launching, ship decommissioning, ship recommissioning +1
    Different from → USS Topeka
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Country of origin: United States, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274364|batch #274364]]"
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