USS Bozeman (NCC-1941)

The USS Bozeman (NCC-1941) was a Federation starship in service to Starfleet in the 23rd and 24th centuries. By the 2270s, the Bozeman was under the command of Captain Morgan Bateson.

The Bozeman was a Starfleet border cutter in the Federation Division of Law Enforcement. It was described by Morgan Bateson as "very compact, lots of power, no frills. Extra shielding, more weapons - not meant for science application. The Bozeman and the other four Soyuz ships are knotted fists." It used towing clamps rather than tractor beams to save power, and was equipped with yellow and red lights for law enforcement identification. 

In 2262, Mia Colt was assigned to the ship as science officer. She held that position until 2266. 

In 2278, Lieutenant Commander Hikaru Sulu was offered the position of first officer on board the Bozeman, which he was planning to accept before learning that he had a daughter named Demora. After he learned of his daughter's existence, Sulu decided not to accept the position and instead took a position teaching at Starfleet Academy. 

A few weeks later, the Bozeman vanished in the Typhon Expanse and was presumed lost. She emerged from a temporal causality loop in 2368, destroying the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) in the process. Eventually, the crew of the Enterprise found a way to break the loop and saved their vessel from destruction. It was then and there that Captain Jean-Luc Picard revealed to Bateson's crew what had happened. 

By 2371, the Bozeman had been assigned to scientific duty. That year, the ship was forced to make a course correction due to altered gravitational forces in the sector due to the destruction of the Amargosa star. 

Soon afterwards, the Bozeman transported Data and Geordi La Forge to and from Trilex. 

By early 2372, the Bozeman had been decomissioned and was serving as a museum ship that was docked at Starbase 12. Captain Bateson and most of his original crew had been assigned to the newly-launched USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E). After the launch of the Enterprise, they were then assigned to the newly commissioned USS Bozeman (NCC-1941-A). 

USS Bozeman personnel

 * Commanding officer: Captain Morgan Bateson
 * First officer: Commander Gabe Bush
 * Science officer J. Mia Colt (2262 - 2266) (grade unestablished)

Background
The novel Ship of the Line depicted a detailed narrative of the crew interaction of the Bozeman, with one anomaly that the characters visible onscreen in the ship's canon appearance were not referenced, specifically two female crewmembers. Department of Temporal Investigations: Watching the Clock shows a crew that more closely matches the episodic appearance, but contradicts Ship of the Line by establishing a different (acting) first officer, Lieutenant Parvana Whitcomb, communications officer and chief engineer, Lieutenant Commander Claudia Alisov.