USS Okinawa (NCC-13958)

The USS Okinawa (NCC-13958) was an Excelsior-class Starfleet starship in service during the mid-24th century.

Aboard the Okinawa, Benjamin Sisko was promoted to lieutenant commander and made first officer under Captain James Leyton's command. This was prior to Sisko's service aboard the USS Saratoga''.

The Okinawa was involved in the Federation-Tzenkethi War, including one occasion upon which the crew encountered three Tzenkethi raiders. The raiders fled into a nearby asteroid belt. Sisko felt pursing the raiders would be risky, but Leyton overruled him; a decision Sisko admitted was the correct one years later in 2372. 


 * In the Pendragon timeline, the Okinawa was part of Leyton's fleet defending Earth against Operation Return in the Federation Civil War.