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USS Jamestown (NCC-1843) was a Constitution-class heavy cruiser — of the Enterprise-subclass — on active duty in Starfleet from 2272 to 2280. It was the fourth spacecraft to bear the name.

Jamestown's commanding officer was Captain (later Rear Admiral Stephen C. Thomas. The ship was deployed to the Starfleet First Fleet for eight years. (Starfleet International: USS Jamestown)

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The ship and its namesakes were named after Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, established in 1607.

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The Jamestown has been a chapter of Starfleet International, based in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area, since September, 1982, though the fictional metaphor has changed several times. (Starfleet International: Scott A. Akers, et al., Master Genealogy: Starfleet Region 1; Starfleet International: Vessel Registry, 0801.07 revision)

Jamestown began under the command of then-Captain Stephen C. Thomas in September, 1982. She has had at least three commanding officers: Vice Admiral Stephen Thomas, Vice Admiral Richard Hewitt and Rear Admiral John Winsley. Sadly, the Jamestown, the oldest chapter in Virginia, was decommissioned on September 24, 2016.

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