Baton Rouge class

The Baton Rouge class was a Federation Starfleet cruiser-type starship. Ships of this class were divided into two types, light cruisers and escort cruisers, both introduced in 2236. Cruiser variants (NCC-1550-1569) began undergoing refits in 2278; the escorts (NCC-1570-1599) started receiving refits in 2281, with an additional Aegis-type refit in 2285. (Star Fleet Battles, Starbase23.net)

Baton Rouge-class cruisers would have been among the capital ship classes on the front lines during the Battle of Donatu V as well as other skirmishes with such threat forces as the Klingon Empire.

By the 2330s, the Baton Rouge class was officially retired around the same time the Constitution class. However, over 20 Baton-Rouge-class starships remained in the "Mothball Fleet" in the Starfleet Museum.^{(Citation needed)}

Background information

• Rick Sternbach designed a Baton Rouge class, seen in the Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology.
• The Baton Rouge class may be closely related in design to the Nordenskjold class. (Federation Starship Recognition Chart)
• According to the Spaceflight Chronology, vessels of this class were introduced before 2170, by which time they were the fastest to date, with a maximum cruise velocity of warp 4.8, when they became part of Starfleet.
• The USS Churchill to which Gary Mitchell was assigned in DC's Star Trek comic annual #1 (volume 1) ("All Those Years Ago") may have been Baton Rouge class. The design matches that of the Baton Rouge class depicted in the Spaceflight Chronology.

Appearances

• Marvel Star Trek (TOS) #6: NCC-1373 (as USS Republic) (see note at Memory Alpha)
• The Final Reflection/Worlds Apart by John Ford (Glasgow, Hokkaido and Savannah)

Baton Rouge-class starships
Prototype: USS Baton Rouge
USS Achilles - USS Black Hawk - USS Brazzaville - USS Churchill - USS Glasgow - USS Hokkaido - USS Moscow - USS Savannah - USS Savannah II - USS Tehran
USS Arcadia - USS Atlanta - USS Britannia - USS Cairo - USS Chauncey - USS Commonwealth - USS Connecticut - USS Democracy - USS Devonshire - USS Lafayette - USS Tipton - USS Tripoli - USS Union - USS Vladivostok - USS Yamato
Star Trek: Shadowstar Station: USS Arcturus- USS Denpasar

External links

• Baton Rouge class article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
• Starbase23.net
• Star Fleet Starship Recognition Manual: Ships of the Baton Rouge Era