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| Name: | USS Ride |
| Registry: | NCC-643 |
| Class: | Gagarin |
| Type: | Science scout |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
USS Ride (NCC-643) was a Gagarin-class science scout active in the 23rd and early 24th centuries.
Rebecca Gallaudet commanded Ride for two three-year missions, from 2283 to 2289. (Star Trek: Shadowstar Station: "Blindspot")
During at least part of her operational lifetime, the ship was deployed to the Starfleet Twelfth Fleet.
- USS Ride, a Shepard-class starship with a higher registry number, had been in service in the 2250s. (DIS: "Battle at the Binary Stars")
Nomenclature[]
The ship was named after Sally Ride (1951-2012), the first female American astronaut.
| Starships named Ride or Sally Ride |
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| USS Ride (NCC-1265) - USS Ride (NCC-643) - USS Sally Ride (NCC-74710) |
| Gagarin-class starships |
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| USS Bluford - USS Bondarenko - USS Christa McAuliffe - USS Cooper - USS Grissom - USS Leonov - USS McCandless - USS McKay - USS Ride - USS Shepard - USS Tereshkova - USS Thagard |
Background information[]
A USS Sally Ride (NCC-643) was also a chapter of Starfleet International, based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In 1992, her chapter president was Janie McGaugh. (Communiqué 50 [April/May 1992])