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San Francisco Class (2154)

When the United Federation of Planets Starfleet was founded in 2161, the member planets contributed a variety of starships, assigned for the exploration of space, defense of the Federation, for humanitarian and diplomatic missions. Among other vessel types, Earth provided the San Francisco-class, named after the city where the headquarters of the UESN (United Earth Space Navy) and later of Starfleet was located. The design was one of the few real warship types predating the Romulan War. The prototype UES San Francisco CL-37 had just been completed when hostilities began. During the following years sixteen more ships were rushed into service. Their endurance and firepower being limited, San Francisco-class ships didn't take part in the major battles of the war, but were used for planetary defense and as escorts.

The bow section of the San Francisco-class, including the bridge, the mess hall and the main weapons bay could be detached in case of an emergency, however, it was not built for re-integration. The main power source was a PFR-3 fusion reactor. The ships were armed with a twin pulse laser cannon in the bow and one in the stern and 8 Spider atomic missiles. All fourteen surviving ships were given Starfleet registries in 2161, with NDC-prefixes instead of the NCC-numbers of the capital ships. Like many other fusion-powered ships, they became obsolete after the appearance of the M/ARA, and they were retired until 2178.

Preliminary three-view schematics (ca. 1995)

Revised and more detailed version

Pre-Starfleet (UESN) markings

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