STARSHIP CLASS
Baton Rouge
Type:	light cruiser escort cruiser
Max. warp:	warp 4.8

The Baton Rouge class was a Federation Starfleet cruiser-type starship. Ships of this class were divided into two types, light cruisers and escort cruisers, both introduced in 2236. Cruiser variants (NCC-1550-1569) began undergoing refits in 2278; the escorts (NCC-1570-1599) started receiving refits in 2281, with an additional Aegis-type refit in 2285. (Star Fleet Battles, Starbase23.net)

Baton Rouge-class cruisers would have been among the capital ship classes on the front lines during the Battle of Donatu V as well as other skirmishes with such threat forces as the Klingon Empire.

By the 2330s The Baton-Rouge class Was officially retired around the same time the Constitution class. However over 20 Baton-Rouge Class Starships Remain in the "Mothball Fleet" in the Starfleet Museum.

Background informationEdit

• Rick Sternbach designed a Baton Rouge class, seen in the Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology.
• The Baton Rouge class may be closely related in design to the Nordenskjold class. (Federation Starship Recognition Chart)
• According to the Spaceflight Chronology, vessels of this class were introduced before 2170, by which time they were the fastest to date, with a maximum cruise velocity of warp 4.8, when they became part of Starfleet.
• The USS Churchill to which Gary Mitchell was assigned in DC's Star Trek comic annual #1 (volume 1) ("All Those Years Ago") may have been Baton Rouge-class. The design matches that of the Baton Rouge class depicted in the Spaceflight Chronology.

AppearancesEdit

• Marvel Star Trek (TOS) #6: NCC-1373 (as USS Republic) (see note at Memory Alpha)
• The Final Reflection/Worlds Apart by John Ford (Glasgow, Hokkaido and Savannah)
• Star Trek: The Four Years War, Book 1 (as USS Saladin), Book 2 (as the USS Baton Rouge)

External linkEdit

• Baton Rouge class article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
• Starbase23.net
• http://steve.pugh.net/fleet/early.html#baton