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| Name: | USS Yeager |
| Registry: | NCC-1893 |
| Class: | Cyane |
| Type: | Heavy frigate |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
| Launched: | 2286 |
USS Yeager (NCC-1893) was an Cyane-class heavy frigate in Starfleet service. During its operational lifetime, it was deployed to the Starfleet First Fleet under Captain Conner.
Nomenclature[]
The ship was named after Chuck Yeager (1923-2020), an American test pilot who was the first person to break the speed of sound, as well as various namesake starships.
| Starships named Yeager |
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| USS Yeager (NCC-1437) - USS Yeager (NCC-1893) - USS Yeager (NCC-61893) - USS Yeager (NCC-61947) - USS Yeager (NCC-65674) |
Fan organizations[]
USS Yeager has also been a chapter of Starfleet International, based in Bluefield, West Virginia, since 1986.
The chapter's original metaphor was that of a Cyane-class heavy frigate. In 1993, the chapter president was Jerry Conner. (Communiqué 54) The fictional metaphor was later changed to that of a Nebula-class cruiser, with the registry of NCC-61893.