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USS Briza (NCC-2515) was a Belknap-class strike cruiser on active duty in Starfleet in the 23rd century. (Starship Design; Ships of the Star Fleet)

Originally named Belknap, NCC-2515 was renamed Briza on 23 November 2270, with the name Belknap being subsequently allocated to NCC-2501.[1]

An Mk III Belknap variant, Briza was laid down at the Cosmodyne Corporation's Boston Shipyards on April 29, 2281, launched on March 20, 2282,[2] and commissioned in October, 2287.[N 1]

Home ported at Starbase 15, Briza departed on an exploration mission on 15 May 2287, returning five weeks early on 26 August 2289. Following operational stand down and crew leave during September and October, for data downloading and system rejuvenation, Briza departed on 29 October, before participating in FleetEx 223-5 from 12 November to 2 January 2290.[1]

Around this time Briza joined the Seventh Fleet.

She was in dock at Starbase 29 in November, 2293. (Star Trek: Avenger: "Crash")

Notes[]

  1. The FASA Tactical Starship Combat entry for the Belknap class lists the Briza's commissioning date as October 02, 2282.

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Fan organizations[]

Briza was a chapter of Starfleet International in the 1990s. (Starfleet International: Scott A. Akers, et al., Master Genealogy: Starfleet Region 7)

As each of the respective chapter memberships of the Briza and Transcendence fell below viability (i.e., 10 members) in 1998, they combined to become the USS Arthur C. Clarke, based in southern New Jersey.

External link[]

  • STARFLEET Communiqué 87, June/July 1998
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