USS Topeka (SSN 754), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Topeka, Kansas. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on November 28, 1983 and her keel was laid down on May 13, 1986. She was launched on January 23, 1988, sponsored by Elizabeth Dole and commissioned on October 21, 1989, with Cmdr. Timothy Reichert in command.

In August 1992 USS Topeka began her first overseas deployment which involved six months of operation in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. She was the first attack submarine in the Pacific Fleet to deploy in support of a carrier battle group. On November 4, 1992 SSN 754 achieved another first by conducting operations in the Arabian Gulf.

In January 1995 the attack submarine returned to the Arabian Gulf during her second deployment in support of a carrier battle group.

In February 1996, USS Topeka changed her homeport from San Diego, Calif., to Pearl Harbor, Hii.

In October 2002, after completing a Modernization Period in Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, the nuclear attack submarine shifted its homeport back to San Diego, California.

April 4, 2006 SSN 754 returned to Naval Station Point Loma after her eighth Western Pacific deployment. Topeka's schedule included two operations in support of national security objectives and numerous anti-submarine warfare-training exercises with U.S. and allied aircraft. She made port calls in Guam, Singapore, Hawaii, Saipan, and Nagano and Nagasaki, Japan.

October 16, 2007 USS Topeka departed San Diego for a scheduled deployment.

November 6, SSN 754 recently departed Yokosuka, Japan, after a routine port call.

April 16, 2008 USS Topeka, commanded by Cmdr. Marc A. Stern, returned to NSB Point Loma after a six-month underway period in the western Pacific. She also visited Okinawa, Guam and the Philippines.

June 23, 2009 USS Topeka departed homeport for a scheduled western Pacific and Middle East deployment.

August 12, The Los Angeles-class attack submarine pulled to HMAS Stirling at Garden Island, Australia, for a scheduled port visit. The Topeka recently participated in Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Readiness and Evaluation (SHAREM) exercise off the east coast of Australia with the Royal Australian and Royal Canadian Navies.

September 11, USS Topeka recently pulled to Manama, Bahrain, for a routine port visit.