USS Topeka (SSN-754)
_2004.jpg) Topeka berthed in San Diego in 2004 |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | November 28, 1983 |
| Keel laying | May 13, 1986 |
| Launch | January 23, 1988 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | October 21, 1989 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
6300 tons surfaced, 7100 tons submerged |
| length |
110.3 m |
| width |
10 m |
| Draft |
9.7 m |
| Diving depth | approx. 300 m |
| crew |
12 officers, 115 men |
| drive |
An S6G reactor |
| speed |
30+ knots |
| Armament |
4 533 mm torpedo tubes , 12 VLS tubes |
The USS Topeka (SSN-754) is a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and is part of the Los Angeles-class submarine to. It is named after the city of Topeka in Kansas .
history
The order to build SSN-754 was awarded to Electric Boat in 1983 . The keel of the boat was laid in the dock of the shipyard belonging to the General Dynamics group in May 1986, and the launch took place in early 1988. Elizabeth Dole acted as godmother . The official commissioning of the Topeka took place in 1989. Home port was Pearl Harbor .
On one of the first six-month outings in 1992, the Topeka almost ran out of food. On the trip to Australia, the food had to be strictly rationed.
During the turn of the millennium, the Topeka was underway in the Pacific and crossed the date line , so that the crew could theoretically hold two millennium celebrations (practically applies to all submarines of the Navy Zulu period ). 2002 spent the submarine in the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard , where the Topeka was modernized and overhauled. Then she moved her home port to San Diego .
In 2003 the submerged submarine cut the tow ropes between a tugboat and a barque . There was no damage to any of the ships. In 2004, the boat operated in the Seventh Fleet's area of operations and received the Naval Expeditionary Medal and the Navy Unit Commendation Medal for "National Security Operations " .
In October 2007 the Topeka moved to the western Pacific for six months, also in June 2009. During this voyage, she took part in exercises with the Royal Australian Navy . In October 2010 the Topeka practiced together with her sister USS Asheville (SSN-758) and the Chilean Thomson , a German class 209 boat . The main focus was on capturing a modern diesel-electric boat and getting to know its characteristics. In March 2012, the Topeka relocated to the Western Pacific again.
In fiction
The Topeka played a role in the first episode of the television series Surface . In addition, the Topeka can be seen as a Russian submarine of the 667BDRM project in the fifth season of 24 . The Topeka also appears in Transformers - Die Rache as a guard submarine for the sunk “Megatron”.
Web links
- Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
- official website (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ USS TOPEKA (SSN 754) returns from six-month Western Pacific deployment. (No longer available online.) August 6, 2004, archived from the original on March 5, 2005 ; accessed on February 24, 2013 .