USS Valley Forgeedit
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
| USS Valley Forge | |
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| Class: | Excelsior-class |
| Registry: | NCC-43305 |
| Affiliation: | Federation/Starfleet |
| Status: | Destroyed (2374) |
The USS Valley Forge (NCC-43305) was a Federation Excelsior-class starship in service during the 24th century. The Valley Forge fought in the Dominion War and, in late 2374, saw action at the First Battle of Chin'toka. It was destroyed by Cardassian orbital weapon platforms after they were activated sooner than the Allies thought they would be. (DS9: "Tears of the Prophets")
| Excelsior-class starships |
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| USS Berlin • USS Cairo • USS Charleston • USS Crazy Horse • USS Enterprise-B • USS Excelsior • USS Farragut • USS Fearless • USS Fredrickson • USS Gorkon • USS Hood • USS Intrepid • USS Lakota • USS Malinche • USS Melbourne • USS Potemkin • USS Repulse • USS Valley Forge • Unnamed |
[edit] Background
The Valley Forge's appearance in "Tears of the Prophets" was confirmed by John Gross and Karen Sickles of Digital Muse in a 25 June 1998 post, by DS9 Visual Effects Supervisor David Stipes, on the newsgroup alt.tv.star-trek.ds9.
This ship was most likely named after the American Revolution encampment and training ground outside of Philadelphia. It could also have been named after one of the United States Navy's ships of the same name.
