USS Challenger (NCC-75167)

The USS Challenger (NCC-75167) was a Sovereign-class heavy cruiser, laid down in 2371. As of 2373, she was still under construction. (Star Trek: The Adventures of Argus)

Nomenclature

The starship was named after the American space shuttle Challenger that disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission, STS-51-L, on 28 January 1986. This resulted in the deaths of all seven crew members including a civilian school teacher, Christa McAuliffe.

Sovereign-class starships
Prototype (2370): USS Sovereign - Block I (2372): USS Black Hawk - USS Enterprise-E - USS Honorius - USS Independence - Unrevealed (after 2372): USS Arsinoe - USS Atlas - USS Bozeman-A - USS Chancellor - USS Constellation - USS Erebus - USS Gibraltar - USS Gilgamesh - USS Hrothgar - USS Hutchinson - USS Igraine - USS Musashi - USS Okuda - USS Pachacuti - USS Roosevelt - USS Tempest - USS Tirpitz - USS Valkyrie - USS Venture - USS Warpite - USS Yorktown
Black Hawk subclass: USS Black Hawk-A
Mirror universe: Enterprise
Beverly Crusher Investigates: USS Grissom - The Devastating Discoveries: USS Anne Frank - USS Beast - USS Behemoth - USS Ravana - USS Sathanas - USS Violet Baudelaire - Fleet 31: USS Cebu
Starfleet International: USS Alba - USS Andromeda - USS Antares - USS Appomattox - USS Archangel - USS Aries-B - USS Asclepios - USS Atlantis - USS Black Hawk - USS Black Hawk-A - USS Caledonia - USS Chicago - USS Columbia - USS Constellation - USS Constitution - USS Hadfield - USS Judgord - USS Liberator - USS Liberty - USS Liberty Belle - USS Narragansett - USS Neptune - USS Ohio - USS Olympus - USS Protector - USS Reginald Mitchell - USS Reprisal - USS Reuben James - USS Russell Camp III - USS Silver Moon - USS Sovereign - USS Theresa Sylvester - USS Tiberius - USS Vandalia - USS Veritas - USS Versailles - USS Victorious - USS Vimy Ridge - USS Wildhorse
Star Trek: Black Hawk: USS Black Hawk - USS Black Hawk-A - Star Trek: Constance: USS Khitomer - Star Trek: Crusader: USS Federation - Star Trek: Dauntless: USS Dauntless - Star Trek: Distant Horizons: USS Pir - Star Trek: Excelsior: USS Excelsior-C - Star Trek: Hidden Frontier: USS Independence - USS Saratoga - Star Trek: Independence: USS Independence - Star Trek: Liberty: USS Excelsior-B - USS Freedom - USS Liberty - Star Trek: New Order: USS Prince of Wales - Star Trek: Omega Force: USS Yagami - Star Trek: Pendragon: USS Advantage - USS Alhambra - Star Trek: Phoenix-X: USS Zephyra - Star Trek: Remington: USS Kyle Fitzgerald - Star Trek: The Adventures of Argus: USS Argus - USS Challenger - USS Excelsior - USS Freedom - USS Independence - Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: USS Advantage - Star Trek: The Helena Chronicles: USS Gibraltar - Star Trek: Unity: USS America - USS Hawk-A - USS Incipiens - To Boldly Go: USS Monarch - Trekmania: USS Excelsior - USS Baldwin: USS Edmund Fitzgerald

Starships named Challenger
Challenger (NX-03) - USS Challenger (Daedalus-class) - USS Challenger (NCC-1676) - USS Challenger (NCC-1676-A) - USS Challenger (NCC-1676-D) - USS Challenger (NCC-1863) - USS Challenger (NCC-12886) - USS Challenger (NCC-21087) - USS Challenger (NCC-36501) - USS Challenger (NCC-71099) - USS Challenger (NCC-75167) - USS Challenger (NCC-92382)