USS Clarke (Oberth class)

For other uses, see Clarke.

The USS Clarke was a Federation starship, the prototype of the Clarke-subclass specification of the Oberth-class research vessel.

Service history and disposition[]

In 2275, the Clarke was fitted as a cutter ship, and was on hand to greet the USS Enterprise upon her return to the Sol system following Enterprise's test of the inversion drive. (TOS novel: The Wounded Sky)

Shortly after Gillian Taylor's arrival in the 23rd century, she signed on to a Federation science vessel, the USS Clarke, intent on bringing her scientific knowledge up to date. (TOS movie: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

Oberth-class starships
various configurations	Aamot* • Achilles • Alacrity • Aldrin • Andromede • Armstrong • Banting • Barracuda • Biko • Bonestell • Broadsword • Carter • Carver • Cavalier • Cochrane • Copernicus • Cortes • Drake • Faraday • Freedom • Fu Po • Garneau • Gato • Hawking • Intrepid II • Jacequai • Jonathan Levy • Khartoum • Khyber • Lagrange • Lake • Manatee • Martynov • Montgomery • Moray • Narwhal • Oberth • Osiris • Pegasus (2285) • Pegasus (2358) • Pegasus (Late 24th century) • Raman • Rio Branco • Sandhusky • Seadragon • Shepherd • Smallwood* • Stingray • Sun Yat Sen • Surak • Sybil • Tinian • Tobias • Trosper • Trump • Tudor • Vico • Yosemite • Yung Sheng (*simulated and/or fictional)
Clarke-subclass	Benjamin Franklin • *Clarke* • Salutaris (civilian medical vessel)	Gagarin-subclass	Chaffee • Gagarin • Grissom
Sagan-subclass	Carson • Cochrane • Corby • Crater • Daystrom • Einstein • Fermi • Lowell • Meade • Mendeleyev • Sagan • Shoonedev • Skoatar • Surishian • T'mirea • Tsiolkovsky • V'Ryugenn