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Commander John Russell was Captain of the USS Saladin and later the USS Hood
John Russell served under Captain Richard Robau on the USS Kelvin as a Starfleet Cadet in the earliest days of his career. He served aboard Kelvin for 3 years before a tour of duty onboard the brand new USS Constitution, first of the Constitution-class vessels commissioned.
The older Constellation-class were soon uprated to Constitution Class, and the Constellation NX-1017 Class designation was retired. Still, the ship design was known to the Klingons and for many years, Constellation-class and Constitution Class were synonymous to them.
Russell was later promoted to Commander, and given Command of the USS Saladin, NCC-0500, prior to its refit to the standards of the 2260's state of the art and the first of the new Saladin-class destroyers. He served as skipper of the Saladin for a total of seven years until the year 2268, when he was given command of the USS Hood. He retired three years later.