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Braisted, William Clarence, RADM.
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Contact Info
Home Town Toledo, OH
Last Address West Chester, PA
Date of Passing Jan 17, 1941
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Named after the capital of Kansas, USS Topeka was a 2,755-ton gunboat that originally was built in 1881 for Peru as the steamer Diogenes by George Howaldt at Kiel, Germany. The ship never entered service and eventually was acquired by the Thames Iron