USS Lantree (NCC-1837)

The USS Lantree (NCC-1837) was a Miranda-class Federation starship in operation during the late 23rd through the mid-24th century. The ship was classified as a class 6 supply ship and was armed with class 3 defensive armaments.

In 2293 the Lantree was carrying colony supplies in Sector 22858 during the time Operation Retrieve was proposed. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

During the mid-2360s it was under the command of Captain L. Isao Telaka and operated with a crew compliment of twenty-six.

In 2365, the ship was assigned to the Gamma 7 sector. Shortly after visiting Darwin Station, all 26 crewmembers fell victim to a mysterious aging disease later identified as geriatric phenomena during communications between Dr. Sara Kingsley and the USS Enterprise-D. After answering her distress signal, the Enterprise found the Lantree adrift in space, her crew deceased, and subsequently quarantined the ship. After it became clear that the disease, caused by the immune systems of the children at Darwin, was highly contagious and could not be cured medically, the Enterprise destroyed the vessel with one photon torpedo to prevent further transmission. (TNG: "Unnatural Selection")


 * The Lantree was a reuse of the USS Reliant model from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, but with the "roll bar" removed.


 * The name "Lantree" is of uncertain origin; the ship may have been named for Anne "Honey" Lantree of the 1960s band The Honeycombs.