Hospital ship

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Hospital ships or medical ships were a type of starship used by Federation, allied and threat forces. Not always purpose-built from the keel up, they were tasked with serving as emergency medical care that was outside the capacity of any one starship's sickbay. Hospital ships were stationed near the front lines of military engagements, and also accompanied missions of evacuation or colonial resettlement.

In the Federation Starfleet, classes of hospital ships ranged in size from those based on Gagarin-class, Surya-class and Avenger-class spaceframes up to dedicated transport pods attached to Ptolemy-class transport/tugs. An example of the latter was the Nightingale, which was attached to the USS Lagrange in the 2280s. (Starfleet International: Starfleet Communiqué, May 1985)

In 2284, USS Tereshkova and the hospital ship USS John Mandeville assisted a disabled Trill science ship. (Star Trek: Shadowstar Station: "Rescue the Perishing")

USS Gibraltar, a renamed Constitution-class heavy cruiser, served as a hospital ship along the Federation/Romulan border for 14 months in the 2340s. (Star Trek: Gibraltar)

M'Benga-class and Olympic-class starships were hospital ships on active duty in Starfleet during the late 24th century. (FASA RPG: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual, TNG: "All Good Things...")

At a conference on Romulus in 2375, Julian Bashir was to attend a meeting to discuss a proposal to transfer 25 Federation hospital ships over to Romulan control. (DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges")

USS Vindicator and USS Henri Dunant were two Olympus-class dreadnoughts refitted as hospital ships in the late 24th century. These two vessels were nicknamed "mednoughts".

[edit] Hospital ship classes

• Breen
  • Laan Tar-class
• Cardassian
  • Gerar-class
  • Sho'vash-class
• Federation
  • Geneva-class
  • Graceful-class
  • Hippocrates class (23rd century)
  • Hippocrates class (24th century)
  • M'Benga-class
  • Olympic-class
  • Osler-class
• Romulan
  • Phaeros-class
  • Thoren'a-class

starship classification

armed courier • armed scout • assault cruiser • assault gunship • assault ship • attack cruiser • attack fighter • attack frigate • auxiliary craft • battle cruiser • battleship • bird-of-prey • border cutter • cargo transport • carrier • clipper • colony ship • combat support tender • command cruiser • construction ship • corsair • corvette • courier • cruiser • cutter • destroyer • destroyer escort • dreadnought • dropship • escort • exploratory cruiser • explorer • far courier • far scout • far starbird • fast attack ship • fast cruiser • fast frigate • freighter • frigate • fuel transport • generation ship • gunboat • gunship • heavy courier • heavy cruiser • heavy destroyer • heavy escort • heavy explorer • heavy frigate • heavy gunship • heavy scout • heavy starbird • heavy warbird • heavy warship • hospital ship • incursion frigate • incursion cruiser • interceptor • light cruiser • light escort • light explorer • light frigate • light starbird • light warbird • long range tactical cruiser • medium cruiser • monitor • passenger liner • patrol ship • perimeter action ship • personnel carrier • picket ship • probe • raider • repair tender • research vessel • research cruiser • runabout • science vessel • scout • shuttlecraft • shuttlepod • sleeper ship • space control ship • starbird • starliner • starship • strategic frigate • strategic heavy cruiser • strike frigate • strike cruiser • strike warbird • strike warship • sublight gunship • super carrier • superscout • surveyor • swift bird-of-prey • swift courier • swift cruiser • swift frigate • swift warbird • tactical cruiser • tactical frigate • tanker • tender • timeship • transport • tug • warbird • warship

[edit] External links

• Hospital ship article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• The Mighty Mednoughts