| STARSHIP CLASS | |
| Daedalus | |
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| Type: | survey cruiser |
| Length: | 104 m |
| Beam: | 48.22 m |
| Draft: | 31.34 m |
| Max. warp: | warp 7.2 |
| Armaments: | Laser banks, Nuclear torpedo Launchers |
| Defenses: | Area defense missiles |
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The Daedalus class was an early class of Starfleet starship, designated as a cruiser. This class was commissioned soon after the formation of the Federation in 2161 and decommissioned in 2196. (TNG: "Power Play")
However a few hundred vessels were still in active service by 2235. Either from overhauls or refits to new specifications. (Star Trek: Origins)
By the 2260s, only one Daedalus-class vessel was still in service, the USS Lovell, assigned to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. (Star Trek: Vanguard, Star Trek: Corps of Engineers)
Alternate continuities[]
The Starfleet Museum[]
The Daedalus class was the exploratory version of the Comet-class cruiser in service to the United Earth Space Navy. The lead ship of the Daedalus class entered service a month before the end of the Earth-Romulan War. (The Starfleet Museum)
Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era[]
The Daedalus class was commissioned in 2162. The spaceframe was designed by the Tellarite Gnarr. It included technology from Vulcan vessels as well as many advances made during the Earth-Romulan War.
The class started to be withdrawn from service in 2196 as newer vessels such as the Venture-class and Armstrong-class vessels started to fill its roles in the fleet. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era)
The Romulan War: A Star Trek Fan Production[]
Daedalus-class ships entered service in the 2150s. Many were built to fight in the Earth-Romulan War because their modular construction allowed four of them to be built in the time it took to build one NX-class starship.
Background information[]
- Specifications from The Starfleet Museum
External links[]
- Daedalus class article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Daedalus class article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
- Daedalus-Class Cruisers on The Starfleet Museum
- Daedalus Class: 2161 - 2196 on Trekmania
- Home of the Starship Called Daedalus (gives a length of 160 m)
- Daedalus-class starships on Wm. Robert Johnston's Star Trek archive.
- Daedalus re-image (a post-Enterprise reimagining of the design)
- Daedalus-Class Naval Chart