- For other uses, see USS Ahwahnee.
The USS Ahwahnee (NCC-71620 and NCC-73620) was a Federation starship, a Cheyenne-class tier 4 light cruiser in Starfleet service in the 2350s and 2360s decades. The name originated from a Native American word for the Yosemite Valley. (TNG episode: "The Best of Both Worlds", ST reference: The Star Trek Encyclopedia, ST video game: Trexels mission: "Skirmish")
Service history and disposition
Specifications
Around stardate 73XX.6 (circa 2377), the Ahwahnee was rated a level 4 battle group light cruiser. It featured room for four officers and slots for five weapons or additional systems. Its deflector shields were rated 430, while the structural integrity field, or hull strength, topped at 585. (ST video game: Trexels mission: "Skirmish")
History
In the year 2358, Ensign Erika Benteen was assigned to the vessel as a flight controller officer. (TNG video game: Starship Creator)
In 2367, the USS Ahwahnee (NCC-73620) participated in the Battle of Wolf 359. (TNG episode: "The Best of Both Worlds")
In 2368, USS Ahwahnee (NCC-71620) joined Captain Jean-Luc Picard's task force that blockaded the Klingon-Romulan border during the Klingon Civil War. (TNG episode: "Redemption")
As part of Federation Starfleet operations in the Trexelian Expanse, the USS Ahwahnee participated in the war games conducted by Starfleet and allied vessels from the 23rd and 24th centuries. (ST video game: Trexels mission: "Skirmish")
The Ahwahnee also saw action in conflicts with the Klingon Empire, Cardassian Union and Breen Confederacy. (ST video game: Trexels missions: "Events", "Breen Barrier")
Appendices
Connections
| Ships at the Battle of Wolf 359 | ||
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| Federation, Starfleet | USS Ahwahnee • USS Anderson • USS Bellerophon • USS Bonestell • USS Buran • USS Chekov • USS Columbia • USS Constance • USS Dunkerque • USS Endeavour • USS Endurance • USS Firebrand • USS Gage (Apollo-class) • USS Gage (ShiKahr-class) • USS Galatea • USS Garrett • USS Gora bim Gral • USS Hoagland • USS Hood • USS Ibn Sina • USS Kadosca • USS Kaneda • USS Konom • USS Kumari • USS Kyushu • USS Liberator • USS Melbourne (Excelsior-class) • USS Melbourne (Nebula-class) • USS Mjolnir • USS Porksauce • USS Princeton • USS Righteous • USS Roosevelt • USS Saratoga • USS Seleya • USS Sha Ka Ree • USS Sonak • USS Star League • USS T'Shen Kovil • USS T'Pau • USS Thy'lek Shran • USS Tolstoy (Centaur-class) • USS Tolstoy (Rigel-class) • USS Victory • USS Yamaguchi • USS Yorktown • unnamed by class: Constitution • Nova |  
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| Borg Collective | Cube 632 (Locutus's cube) | 
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| Cheyenne-class cruiser starships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Federation Starfleet | standard configuration | USS Ahwahnee • USS Cheyenne • USS Constellation-A • USS Corinth • USS Emperor • USS Marauder • USS Porksauce • USS Rapid • USS Takahashi |
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| variant configurations | Dakota-subclass: USS Dakota • USS Groveland • Stargazer-subclass: USS Stargazer-A | ||
| Terran Imperial Starfleet (mirror universe) |
ISS Cheyenne • Dakota-subclass: ISS Dakota | 
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Background
- According to the tachyon detection grid schematic, the Ahwahnee had a registry number of NCC-71620. Mike Okuda has said that the previous registry number of 73620 was a mistake.
- In The Official Starships Collection, the model is labelled NCC-73620.
External link
- USS Ahwahnee (NCC-73620) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.