Research vessel
Length: 127 m
Crew: 80

U.S.S. Banting NCC-838
U.S.S. Biko NCC-50331: Named for South African civil rights activist Steven Biko.
U.S.S. Bonestell NCC-31600: -Destroyed during the Battle of Wolf 359.
                            -Named for astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell.
U.S.S. Cochrane NCC-8000: Named for Zefram Cochrane, first human to break the warp barriere.
U.S.S. Cochrane NCC-59318: -Transported Lieutenant Jadzia Dax and 
                            Lieutenant Doctor Julian Subatoi Bashir to Deep Space 9.
                           -Named in honor of U.S.S. Cochrane NCC-8000.
U.S.S. Copernicus NCC-623
U.S.S. Grissom NCC-638: -Commanded by Captain J.T. Esteban.
                        -Former assignment of Lieutenant Saavik.
                        -Destroyed near Genesis by Klingon Bird-of-Prey commanded by Kruge.
                        -Named for Mercury astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, who died in the Apollo 1
                         fire in 1967.
U.S.S. Lagrange NCC-617
U.S.S. Lake NCC-618
U.S.S. Oberth NCC-602: Class ship.
U.S.S. Pegasus NCC-53847: -Former command of Admiral Pressman.
                          -First assignment of Commander William Thomas Riker.
                          -Equipped with experimental phasing/cloaking device, which was 
                           forbidden by the Treaty of Algeron which states that no ship of the
                           United Federation of Planets may be equipped with a cloaking device 
                           of any kind. The only exception is U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205 and this 
                           cloaking device may only be used in the Gamma Quadrant and in 
                           exchange for intelligence regarding the Dominion.
                          -Destroyed when decloaked in an asteroid.
                          -Named for the winged horse from Greek mythology.
U.S.S. Raman NCC-29487: -Lost in the atmosphere of Marijne VII.
                        -Named for Nobel Prize winning physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata 
                         Raman.
U.S.S. Sheppard NCC-631
U.S.S. Tsiolkovsky NCC-53911: -Destroyed by the collapse of a red giant.
                              -Named for Russian space pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.
                              -Dedication plaque motto: "The Earth is the cradle of the mind, 
                               but one cannot remain in the cradle forever."
S.S. Vico NAR-18834: Destroyed in the Black Cluster.
U.S.S. Yosemite NCC-19002: -Damaged by plasma stream in the Igo sector.
                           -Named for Yosemite National Park in the United States of America.