- For other uses, see USS Charleston.
- For other uses, see NCC-1802.
- For other uses, see NCC-2004.
The USS Charleston (NCC-2004 or NCC-1802) was a Federation starship, an Excelsior-class cruiser vessel in service to Starfleet in the late 23rd and early 24th centuries.
Service history and disposition[]
Charleston was initially equipped as a standard battlecruiser (BCE) with registry NCC-2004.
This vessel had the capability of being modified for service as a guided weapon battlecruiser (BCG in the Kirov-subclass). In the refit configuration, Charleston carried the registry NCC-1802. (ST video games: Starfleet Command, Starfleet Command II: Empires at War, Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates)
- No history or definitive fate is established for this vessel as its name was randomly selected for a battlecruiser by the SFC game software.
The Charleston was displaced by an unstable wormhole to space held by the Romulan Star Empire in the year 2293. She managed a return journey to the Federation.
In the Tomed Incident of 2311, the Charleston was destroyed by the Romulans' bird-of-prey Suran. (Decipher RPG module: Starships)
This ship was succeeded in name by a second Excelsior-class starship named USS Charleston. (ST reference: The Star Trek Encyclopedia)
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In Starships, this starship was given the anachronistic registry NCC-42285, the same as the second Charleston, a starship in service fifty years after the first ship had been destroyed by Romulans.