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The Daedalus class was an early class of Starfleet starship, designated as a cruiser. This class was commissioned soon after the formation of the Federation in 2161 and decommissioned in 2196. (TNG: "Power Play")

However a few hundred vessels were still in active service by 2235. Either from overhauls or refits to new specifications. (Star Trek: Origins)

By the 2260s, only one Daedalus-class vessel was still in service, the USS Lovell, assigned to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. (Star Trek: Vanguard, Star Trek: Corps of Engineers)

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The Starfleet Museum[]

The Daedalus class was the exploratory version of the Comet-class cruiser in service to the United Earth Space Navy. The lead ship of the Daedalus class entered service a month before the end of the Earth-Romulan War. (The Starfleet Museum)

Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era[]

The Daedalus class was commissioned in 2162. The spaceframe was designed by the Tellarite Gnarr. It included technology from Vulcan vessels as well as many advances made during the Earth-Romulan War.

The class started to be withdrawn from service in 2196 as newer vessels such as the Venture-class and Armstrong-class vessels started to fill its roles in the fleet. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 4: Starships of the Original Series Era)

The Romulan War: A Star Trek Fan Production[]

Daedalus-class ships entered service in the 2150s. Many were built to fight in the Earth-Romulan War because their modular construction allowed four of them to be built in the time it took to build one NX-class starship.

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