USS Akira (NCC-62497)

For other uses, see Akira.

The USS Akira (NX-62497, later NCC-62497) was a 24th century Federation starship, an Akira-class heavy cruiser that entered Starfleet service in the 2360s decade. When she was commissioned in the year 2368, the Akira was the prototype for a new class of cruisers. (ST reference: Starship Spotter; Decipher RPG modules: Starfleet Operations Manual, Starships)

Service history and disposition[]

The hull configuration of this new breed of starship was based on the design as a homage to some of the earliest Starfleet exploratory vessels, such as the NX-class. The Akira was also designed to perform border defense duties, which many vessels did during the brief conflict between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. (CCG set: Second Edition)

This starship class was named after the anime film Akira^WP, according to The Star Trek Encyclopedia.

The Akira took part in the Dominion War. During one engagement, the Akira fired its phasers on a Jem'Hadar dreadnought pursuing the USS Centaur. (SOTL - Ships of the Line calendar: 2021 October image: "The Dominion Conflict Goes Hot")

Akira had been modified for service as a fleet cruiser in active service around the year 2378. (ST video game: Starfleet Command III)

No specific history or definitive final fate was established for this vessel as its name was randomly selected for a cruiser by the SFC3 games software, and is placed randomly each time the ship appears.

In 2401, the Akira joined a Starfleet armada coordinated by the Singularity to deflect a massive energy burst from a newly formed Transwarp conduit. (PIC Episode: "Farewell") Later the Akira participated in Frrontier Day celebrations in the Sol System. It was among the vessels siezed by the Borg Collective after its younger crew were assimilated by a Borg signal transmitted via Jack Crusher. (PIC episode: "Võx")

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Frontier Day fleet
USS Akira • USS Callisto • USS Cochrane • USS Drexler • USS Enterprise-F • USS Excelsior • USS Firesword • USS Ganymede • USS Gilgamesh • USS Huygens • USS John Kelly • USS Mandel • USS Okuda • USS Pulaski • USS Resnik • USS Rhea • USS Hikaru Sulu • USS Sutherland • USS Tourangeau • USS Trumbull • USS Venture • USS Thunderchild • USS Zheng He

Ships named Akira
Federation Starfleet (primary universe)	*USS Akira* (NX-/NCC-62497, Akira-class)** • USS Akira (NCC-63444-B, Akira-class) • USS Akira (NCC-63444-BC, Akira-class) • see also: Akira-class
Imperial Starfleet (mirror universe)	ISS Akira (NCC-63444-B, Akira-class) • see also: Akira-class

Akira-class starships
Federation, Starfleet	standard class III heavy cruiser configuration	*Akira* • Akira-B • Andromeda • Ascension • Avalon • Black Elk • Bondar • Capetown • Carla Romney • Citadel • Constant • Devore • Dominance • Garneau • Geronimo (I) • Geronimo (II) • Gryphon • Helios • Hope • James T. Kirk • Jubei • Jupiter • Kali • Kal-if-fee • Kaneda • Leyte Gulf • Malevolent • Masamune • Mateo • Meneleas • Nez Perce • Nikita • Osceola • Pawnee • Perseus • Rabin • Red Cloud • Renown • Reverent • Scimitar • Sentinel • Sharansky • Singh • Spector • Summit • Susquehanna • Thunderchild • Trident • Tripoli • Valhalla • Vindictive
	fleet cruisers mid-2370s decade	Androsia • Antietam • Apache • Avondale • Bishop • Bonaparte • Brazas • Centaur • Courageous • Crusader • Darius • Defender • Endeavor • Essex • Fearless • Gallant • Geneva • Goliath • Hotspur • Inverness • Jaganath • Jarl • Jefferson • Jupiter • Koh • Lafayette • Lakota • Magellan • Martinez • Mathias • Maxwell • Meer • Merlin • Minotaur • Montgomery • Morningstar • Nautilus • Nordhaus • Norris • Nostromo • Pathfinder • Peerless • Poseidon • Rapier • Renegade • Resilient • Resolution • Rhodes • Rigel • Seattle • Spirit • Stalingrad • Sumter • Templar • Theodore • Thunderbird • Thunderchild • Timberwolf • Trinity • Trojan • Venerable • Verite • Vicksburg • Virgil • Washington • Winchester
	fleet cruisers late 2370s decade	Akira • Aquino • Begin • Cristiani • Galtieri • Gorbachev • Grant • Kennedy • Kravchuk • Landsbergis • Lincoln • Mitterand • Ramos • Reagan • Shamir • Shevardnadze • Sihanouk • Thatcher • Thunderchild • Yeltsin
	other variant configurations	Alita-subclass: Alita • Armitage-subclass: Akagi-A • Armitage • Cheron • Okita • unnamed Armitage-class starships • Thunderchild-subclass
Terran Empire, Starfleet (mirror universe)		Akira Armitage-subclass: Armitage • Fortuna

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External link[]

USS Akira article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki