Popular Culture
In the 2009 live-action movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, USS Topeka was part of a Carrier Battle Group stationed permanently in the Laurentian Abyss to guard the dumping site of Megatron. When several Decepticons arrived and dived to reach Megatron, the submarine spotted them and set off in pursuit.
USS Topeka is also featured in TV series 24 in season 5 when terrorists intend to use its weapons against civilians in Los Angeles, and as the "lost" submarine in the series "Surfaced"
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