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| File:Eagle0002-1-.jpg | |
| Name: | USS Eagle |
| Registry: | NCC-956 |
| Class: | Constitution |
| Type: | Heavy cruiser |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
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The USS Eagle (NCC-956) was a Constitution-class heavy cruiser on active duty in Starfleet from the mid-23rd to at least the early 24th centuries. (Star Fleet Techical Manual, Ships of the Star Fleet, vol. 1 [revised])
- The Star Fleet Technical Manual gives Eagle's registry as NCC-1719, while the display in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country has it as NCC-956. Orion Press posited that the ship was not Constitution-class but Leonidas-class.
Captain Igrilan commanded the Eagle from 2247 to 2268. During this time its all-Andorian crew would become the "the most decorated starship in Starfleet". (Last Unicorn Games RPG: Andorians: Among the Clans, Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era; Decipher RPG: Starships)
The Eagle's Insignia
In 2269, Captain Zach Banner took command of the Eagle. One week after the launch under captain Banner the Eagle was briefly taken over by Zach Banner’s counterpart and taken to the mirror universe but was able to successfully return to it’s own reality.
One month later in 2270 the eagle picked up a distress single from the USS Bismarck. Once the dreadnought was located they found an alien computer had killed its crew. Banner was able to beam over to the ship, destroy the computer and bring it back to a nearby star base.
Banner would step down as the Eagle’s captain in 2273 (Star Trek: Eagle)
In 2273, the Eagle was refitted. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era)
Eagle's commanding officer in 2285 was Captain Eugene Craig. (Starfleet International: Starfleet Communiqué, May 1985)
In 2293, Eagle was conducting a colony re-supply mission in Sector 22858, under the command of Katy Garretson.. Had an assault code-named Operation Retrieve taken place to rescue USS Enterprise-A's Captain James Kirk and Doctor Leonard McCoy from Rura Penthe, Eagle would have been part of the task force. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
The Eagle was decommissioned in 2296. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era)
Command crew
- Commanding Officer: Zach Banner
- Executive Officer/Science Officer: Michele Tyler
- Chief Engineer: Clause Elberg
- Chief Medical Officer: Charlie Christianson
- Helm Officer: Tevek
- Navigator: Oakley Gelson
Background information
As of 2008, the California-based Starfleet International chapter, USS Eagle has been in the parent organization the longest. (Starfleet International: Scott A. Akers, et al., Master Genealogy: Starfleet Region 4)
External links
- USS Eagle article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- USS Eagle (NCC-956) article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.