STARSHIP | |
Ship Name: | USS Appleton |
Registry: | NCC-97001 |
Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
Type: | explorer |
Class: | Odyssey |
Status: | Active (25th century) |
CAREER | |
Launched: | after 2409 |
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | |
Speed: | Warp Quantum slipstream |
Complement: | 2,500 |
Armament: | Phasers Photon torpedoes Quantum torpedoes |
Shuttlecraft: | Unknown |
The USS Appleton (NCC-97001) was an Odyssey-class starship in service during the early 25th century.
She was assigned to the Starfleet Twentieth Fleet under the command of Fleet Captain Smith. After an initial 5-year mission, Smith handed command to Captain Walker.
Nomenclature[]
The ship was named after Edward Victor Appleton (1892-1965) an English physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1947 for proving the existence of the ionosphere during experiments he conducted in the 1920s.
Odyssey-class starships | |
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Explorer variant | USS Appleton • USS Dennison • USS Enterprise-F • USS Enterprise-F (Star Trek Online) • USS Kalevala • USS Mae Jemison • USS Marvel • USS Odyssey • USS Ulysses • USS Valhalla • USS Verity • USS Yorktown |
Carrier variant | USS Hakuryuu |
Fan organization[]
The Appleton is also the name of a Starfleet International chapter based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.