Gagarin class (23rd century)

For other uses, see Gagarin.

Gagarin class
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Type:	science vessel
Dimensions
Length:	148 meters
Width:	103 meters
Height:	59 meters
Mass:	41,000 metric tons
Specifications
Crew:	78 crew 10 passengers
Maximum speed:	warp 8
Cruising speed:	warp 7
Armaments:	FH-1 phaser banks
Defences:	deflector shields
Auxiliary craft:	3 shuttlecraft

The Gagarin-class was a class V science vessel starship in service to the Federation Starfleet in the late 23rd century. The Gagarin-class was a variant design of the venerable Oberth-class science vessels.

The Gagarins were designed and built to perform intensive surveys of planets, but their poor weaponry meant that they only operated deep inside Federation-protected territory.

Advances in warp drive shielding at the time meant that the low-yield warp nacelles of the Gagarins didn't need to be mounted at a considerable distance from the main hull. Although the engines were detachable in case of an emergency overload.

The first vessel of this class, the USS Gagarin, entered service around stardate 2/1912 and nine further vessels were constructed. Construction of further Gagarins was halted when Starfleet Command discovered that few survey missions could be considered "low-risk", especially after the destruction of the USS Grissom in orbit of the Genesis Planet. (FASA RPG module: Starship Tactical Combat Simulator)

Known ships

• USS Chaffee
• USS Gagarin
• USS Grissom