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| Name: | USS Aeolus |
| Registry: | NCC-588 |
| Class: | Hermes |
| Type: | Scout |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
The USS Aeolus (NCC-588) was a Hermes-class scouts on active duty in Starfleet during the 23rd century. (Star Fleet Technical Manual)
Lieutenant Commander James T. Kirk was second officer of the Aeolus in the late 2250s. (TOS novel: Enemy Unseen)
From 2271 to 2273 the Aeolus was assigned to patrol duties along the Romulan Neutral Zone. In the following year the Aeolus was shifted to the Federation-Klingon border where it stayed for the next three years. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era)
| Hermes-class starships |
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| USS Aeolus - USS Anubis - USS Batidor - USS Bowie - USS Bridger - USS Carson - USS Cody - USS Crockett - USS Diana - USS Hermes - USS Quintillus - USS Revere - USS Sacajawea - USS Spaker - USS Tonti |
| Monoceros-subclass: USS Aries - USS Camelopardus - USS Canis Major - USS Canis Minor - USS Equulus - USS Leo - USS Leo Minor - USS Lepus - USS Lupus - USS Lynx - USS Monoceros - USS Pegasus - USS Taurus - USS Ursa Major - USS Ursa Minor - USS Vulpecula |
| Cygnus-subclass: USS Albany - USS Apus - USS Aquila - USS Columbia - USS Corvus - USS Cygnus - USS Grus - USS Pavo - USS Phoenix - USS Tucana |
| Pegasus-subclass: USS Pegasus - USS Tang |
| Cloak and Dagger: USS Adventure |
| Axanar: USS Apollo - USS Atlas - USS Charon - USS Hermes - USS Poseidon - USS Triton - USS Zeus |
| USS Calypso |