USS Arcturus (NCC-1337)

USS Arcturus (NCC-1337) (formerly USS Fort Hunt) was a Baton Rouge-class cruiser on active duty in Starfleet during the early- to mid-23rd century. (Star Trek: Shadowstar Station, Star Trek: Avenger)

History

In 2242, she was commanded by Ismail Supriyanto as the lead ship of Confrontation Group Aleph at the Battle of Donatu V. ("The USS Arcturus in History", Star Trek: Avenger: "Belonging", Star Trek: Shadowstar Station: Timeline)

The first posting of Elena Mendenhall Justice after Starfleet Academy and Starfleet Marine training was as a second lieutenant assigned to the 136th Marine Strike Group embarked aboard Arcturus. Justice would serve aboard Arcturus for ten years, from 2236 to 2246. (Tales of the Seventh Fleet: "Doing Justice to the Name, Part One")

Nomenclature

On commissioning, the ship was named Fort Hunt, after Fort Hunt, Virginia, in North America on Earth. In 1897, Fort Hunt had been built on the banks of the Potomac River to defend Washington, D.C. from naval attack. It later became a public park.

The ship was renamed after Arcturus (also known as Alpha Böotis), a spectral class K1.5 III red giant star about 36.7 light-years from Earth, as well as other ocean- and space-going ships named Arcturus.

By coincidence, Arcturus was also the name of a neighborhood within the municipality of Fort Hunt in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Spaceships and starships named Arcturus
UNSS Arcturus - UES Arcturus - USS Arcturus (NCC-S409) - USS Arcturus (NCC-1337) - USS Arcturus (NCC-1807) - USS Arcturus (NCC-1807-A) - USS Arcturus (NCC-1807) (Shadowstar timeline) - USS Arcturus (NCC-57734)

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