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USS Hood (NCC-1703) was a Constitution-class heavy cruiser in Starfleet service during the second half of the 23rd century.

Star Fleet Technical Manual gives the registry as NCC-1707.

She was commissioned in July, 2249. (FASA)

This is an estimate based on reference stardate 1/9307.

Hood made first contact with the humanoid inhabitants of the planet Sodainya in the 2240s, but they initially declined an invitation to Federation membership. (Starship Webster: "Opportunity")

One of Hood's first commanding officers was Captain Michaela Harrari, about 2252. (TOS novel: The Children of Kings)

In 2268, Hood participated in a fleet war games exercise near Starbase 6. This exercise put four starships against the M-5 controlled USS Enterprise (NCC-1701). The M-5 malfunctioned, causing the Enterprise to fire full-powered phasers at the minimally-defended Excalibur, severely damaging the ship. (TOS: "The Ultimate Computer")

John Russell captained Hood from 2268-2272 until relieved by Therin. (Starship Saladin: "Tour of Duty") Therin captained Hood from 2272 to 2293. (Australian fanzines Data, Kiron III, and the New Zealand fanzine, Katra)

Hood received a refit in 2274 and would continue to serve until it was decommissioned in 2293. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era)

Alternate continuities[]

The Federation Files[]

Captain Clinton Dodge was the commanding officer of the Hood in the 2260s. (Doppelganger)

His senior officers included:

Orion Press[]

Commissioned in 2239 and commanded by Captain Jack Raintree for about 20 years, Hood was the first starship equipped with phasers. (Orion Press: "Incident on Xantharus", Remember the Hood)

While attempting to deliver a package for Starfleet Command's tactical weapons research group in 2258, it was attacked by four Orion pirate vessels, resulting in the deaths of 196 personnel. The ship was repaired and recommissioned the following year. ("Incident on Xantharus")

In 2291, Hood and USS Endeavour were tasked to perform detailed spectrographic planetary analysis and star charting the Beta Quadrant while avoiding contact with sentient lifeforms. Data collected from the two ships, as well as three others running different sorts of probe missions, were the basis of the general exploratory missions undertaken a few years later. (Orion Press: A Form of Redemption, Lexicon G-H, 2010 revision)

Starfleet International/Star Trek: Avenger[]

The Hood's registry was NCC-1707, after the Star Fleet Technical Manual.

The Hood was commissioned August, 2247, and recommissioned following refit in August, 2276

B.L. Geeson was Hood's commander from at least 2268 to 2271. (Starfleet Supplemental Communiqué 1:9)

Commander Gregg Trask began leading a training cadre on the USS Avenger to prepare a team of officers to form the senior staff of the Hood in 2287, using the on-loan shuttle Copernicus. After many difficulties, the cadre was disbanded in August of 2290. The shuttlecraft Copernicus was returned to Starfleet. (Star Trek: Avenger: "As Others See Us", "Sabotage Stratagems")

In November, 2293, Hood was assigned to ferry several ambassadors to a conference on Parliament regarding expanded diplomatic relations with the Daltexi. (Star Trek: Avenger: "Crash")

Captain (later Vice Admiral) Robert W. Chin was the commanding officer of the USS Hood in 2311. (STARFLEET Vessel Registry, May 2011)

Starship Dynamics[]

The Hood was commissioned in 2246. After the M-5 incident, as she was scheduled for refit in 2270 anyway, the decision was made to accelerate her maintenance schedule and combine battle repairs with the refit. She was relaunched in May, 2269, as the first production battlecruiser design in the history of Starfleet. (Starship Dynamics: General Plans U.S.S. Hood NCC-1703 Battlecruiser - Hood Class (Refit))

Starship Valiant[]

When the USS Valiant was engaged by rebel Dregon Continuum vessels, USS Republic, USS Constitution, and USS Hood came to her aid. (Animals)

Star Trek: The Webcomic[]

In this continuity, the Hood was commanded by Captain Isadora Barrett in the 2260s. ("Basis of Proof")

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Fan organizations[]

Uss-hood

Insignia of the second USS Hood chapter

There have been at least two Starfleet International chapters using the fictional metaphor of a Constitution-class USS Hood. One was extant in the 1980s. (Starfleet Supplemental Communiqué 1:9)

The second chapter was founded 08 September 1990. In 1995, the Hood's city of charter was Chelmsford, Massachusetts. (Communiqué 68) By 1998, its city of charter had become Nashua, New Hampshire. (Communiqué 85)

In 2011, its chapter president was Robert W. Chin. (STARFLEET Vessel Registry, May 2011) Its current (2021) president is Jerome Conner.

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