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The USS Southern Cross (NCC-63550) was an Akira-class heavy cruiser active in the late 24th century.

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USS Southern Cross
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Southern Cross was commanded by Colonel Bruce O'Brien as of 2384 and deployed to the Starfleet Eleventh Fleet in that year. The ship was the fleet flagship.

The 377th Marine Strike Group ("Thunder From Downunder") was assigned to Southern Cross beginning in 2384.

Nomenclature[]

The ship was named after the SS Southern Cross (1886) (formerly a whaling vessel, the Pollux), a steam-powered Norwegian sea vessel that was the lead ship of an expedition commanded by Carsten Borchgrevink. During Earth's late 19th century, the Southern Cross Expedition was the first to over-winter on mainland Antarctica, the first to visit the Ross Ice Shelf (then known as the Great Ice Barrier), and the first to land on the Barrier's surface.

Fan organizations[]

The Southern Cross was the second Starfleet International chapter to use the name. This chapter was founded 11 August 2007 and had Sommerville, Waiuku, New Zealand, as its city of charter. (STARFLEET Vessel Registry, May 2011)

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