USS Topeka (CL-67/CLG-8), a Cleveland-class light cruiser was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of Topeka, Kansas. She served extensively from 1945 to 1949 at the end of and after World War II, primarily serving in Japan and assisting American occupation forces in the Far East. In the 1950s she was converted to a Providence-class guided missile light cruiser and in the 1960s was recommissioned and served in peacetime deployments, the Vietnam War and various operations. On 5 June 1969 Topeka was placed out of commission.