USS Topeka (SSN-754)
6300 tons surfaced, 7100 tons submerged
110.3 m
10 m
9.7 m
12 officers, 115 teams
A S6G reactor
30 nodes
The USS Topeka (SSN -754 ) is a nuclear submarine of the United States Navy and is part of the Los Angeles- class. It is named after the city of Topeka, Kansas.
History
The contract to build SSN- 754, was issued in 1983 at Electric Boat. In the dock of the General Dynamics Corporation belonging shipyard the keel of the boat was laid in May 1986, in early 1988 the launch took place. Godmother Elizabeth Dole acted there. The official commissioning of Topeka was held in 1989. Home port was Pearl Harbor.
On one of the first six -month deployment trips 1992 Topeka went from almost the food. On the trip to Australia, the food had to be strictly rationed.
During the millennium the Topeka was in the Pacific on the road and crossed the International Date Line, so that the crew could theoretically hold two Millenium Celebration (practically applies to all submarines of the Navy Zulu time ). 2002 spent the submarine in the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, where the Topeka was modernized and overhauled. She then moved its home port to San Diego.
2003 cut the submerged submarine the Schlepptaue between a tug and a barge. Damage was caused to any of the ships. 2004 was operating the boat in the area of operations of the Seventh Fleet and was awarded for " operations within the framework of national security", the Naval Expeditionary Medal and the Navy Unit Commendation Medal.
In October 2007, the Topeka moved for six months in the western Pacific, as in June 2009. During this trip she took part in exercises with the Royal Australian Navy. In October 2010, the Topeka practiced along with her sister USS Asheville ( SSN -758 ) and the Chilean Thomson, a boat of the German Class 209 Particularly, the focus was going to capture a modern diesel-electric boat and get to know its characteristics. In March 2012, the Topeka moved again in the Western Pacific.
In fiction
The Topeka played a role in the first episode of the television series Surface - uncanny depth. In addition, the Topeka seen as a Russian submarine of project 667BDRM in the fifth season of 24. Also in Transformers - Revenge of the dive Topeka as guarding submarine for the sunken " Megatron ".