Star Trek Expanded Universe
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USS Valiant was a Columbia-class explorer/cruiser in Federation Starfleet service during the mid-22nd century.

It was the eighth new-build Columbia, launched and commissioned in the mid- to late-2160s. (Rise of the Federation novel Live by the Code)

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The ship was named after the SS Valiant, launched about a century before. That ship's fate was not known until its recorder-marker was picked up by the USS Enterprise in 2265. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before")

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