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| Name: | USS Thales |
| Registry: | NCC-3813 |
| Class: | Ptolemy |
| Type: | transport |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
| Status: | missing (2296) |
The USS Thales (NCC-3813) was an Ptolemy-class transport that was service with the Federation Starfleet during the 23rd century. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era)
In 2293, the Thales ferried the main party of Federation diplomats to the Khitomer conference.
Thales was one of three starships that went missing in 2296. The USS Potemkin was dispatched to investigate. (Project Potemkin: "The Void")
Nomenclature[]
The ship was named after Thales of Miletus (circa 624/623-548/545 B.C.E.), a Greek mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer.
| Ptolemy-class starships |
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| Al-Rashid - Aristarchus - Copernicus - Deirdre - Ptolemy - Thales |
| Kepler-subclass: Brahe - Schiaparelli |
| Doppler-subclass: Chamberlain - Clark - Eddington - Milton Humason - Henrietta Leavitt - Rittenhouse - Vogel |
| Dollond-subclass: Bode - Chandrasekhar - Hoyle - Lagrange - Wolf |