USS Defender (NCC-26227)

For other uses, see Defender.

The USS Defender (NCC-26227) was a Federation Miranda-class (Reliant-subclass) cruiser starships in service to Starfleet in the 23rd century.

The Defender was one of the first new build Reliant-subclass starships to enter service, and was launched on reference stardate 2/1507. On stardate 2/2007, the Defender was refitted to Mk II specifications. (FASA RPG module: Federation Ship Recognition Manual)

Ships named Defender
Federation, Starfleet (prime reality)	*USS Defender* (NCC-26227, Reliant-class)** • USS Defender (Akira-class) • see also: Defender-class
Federation Starfleet (Kelvin timeline)	see also: Defender-class
Klingon Empire, Klingon Defense Force	IKS Defender • IKV Defender • see also: Defender-class
Romulan Star Empire, Romulan Imperial Fleet	ChR Defender (23rd century) • RIS Defender • see also: Heavy Defender-class • Winged Defender-class

Miranda-class starships
Federation, Starfleet	Anton-class refits	Condor • Courage • Daring • Devastator • Gallant • Invincible • Reliant (I) • Renown • Repulse	2250s/2260s configurations	Achilles (I) • Aephas • Alamo • Aloia • Bombay • Buenos Aires • Cortez • Drake • Georgia • Kobayashi Maru II • Miranda • Oxford • Plato
	various configurations: Achilles (I) • Achilles (II) • Alexandria • Armstrong • Atlantis • Avenger • Bolivar • Bolland • Brattain • Britannia • Callahan • Carthage • Chagaris • Cluster • Concord • Condor • Courage • Courageous • Daran • Daring • Delbora • Devastator• Drake • Excalibur • Fuller • Gallant • Gladstone • Gorbachev • Harold • Hartt • Hoagland • Invincible • Kitty Hawk • Korolev • Lafayette • Lantree • Legionaire • MacDuff • Miranda • Miranda-B • Nautilus • Leonov • Oberon • Obsidian • Omaha • Pacific • Pawtucket • Polaris • Potemkin • Raleigh • Ranger • Reliant (I) • Reliant (II) • Reliant (III) • Renown • Repulse • Rutherford • Samson • Saratoga (I) • Saratoga (II) • Saratoga-A • Sentinel • Stockholm • Sturgeon • Surak • Tempest • Tian An Men • Truong • Ulysses • Valor • Vindicator • Whorfin • Zephyr • NC-141 • unnamed Miranda-class starships • dorsal nacelles variant: Capella • Kelvin timeline: Vanguard
	new cruiser (NCA)	Atlanta • Beijing • Berlin • Buenos Aires • Calgary • Chicago • Dayton • Kinshasa • London • Los Angeles • Mecca • Milwaukee • New York • Philadelphia • Tokyo • Yellowknife	new heavy cruiser (NCM)	Miranda • Magsaysay • Eisenhower • Valor • Reliant (I) • MacArthur • Montgomery • Saratoga (I)
	new light cruiser (NCL)	Alabama • Daystrom • Gneisenau • Kearsarge • Littorio • Moreno • Mutso • Nagato • New Mexico • Prinz Eugen • Renown • Repulse • Richelieu • Rivadavia • Scharnhorst • Strasbourg	new advanced light cruiser (NCL+)	Aliyah • Assawari • De Ruyter • Defence • Glorie • Groton • Iowa • Kortenauer • Medina • Meko • Michigan • Mikasa • Missouri • Naken • North Carolina • Olympia • Pervenetz • Piorun • Ramadan • Vosper • Warspite
	command light cruiser (CLC)	Chandalar • Mali • Mendoza • Pegasus Bay • Tangiers • Udzha	heavy command cruiser (NCC)	Clancy • Clausewitz • Coyle • Jomini • Mahan • Sun Tzu • Tacitus • Webber
	new drone cruiser (NCD)	Azov • Gromykii • Groznyy • Sverdlov • Varyag	new advanced drone cruiser (NCD+)	Baba Yaga • Grochenko • Ivanov • Moscotivitch • Sergei
	commando transport (NCT)	Ford • Virgil • Vindicator • Vision	advanced commando transport (NCT+)	Grissom • Vanguard • Venture • Victory
	new escort cruiser/new aegis cruiser (NEC/NAC)	Thresher • Scorpion • Barb • Halibut • Permit • Plunger • Puffer • Haddock • Pollack • Dolphin • Mako	new strike carrier (NVS)	Hoover • Polk • Filmore • Baines • Garfield • Carter • Johnson
	new light carrier/new advanced light carrier (NVL/NVL+)	Bataan • Belleau Wood • Cabot • Cowpens • Independence • Langley • Monterey • Princeton • San Jacinto	new scout cruiser/advanced new scout cruiser (NSC/NSC+)	Garth • Komack • Christopher • Richey • Bell • Cochrane • Esteban • April • Pike • Bateson • Garrovick
	Reliant-subclass class XI cruiser	Accommodator • Achilles (II) • Administrator • Amador • Archer • Ardent • Ares • Artemis • Asclepius • Athena • Audacious • Bacchus • Blade of Tellar • Brave Shield • Ceres • Champion • Chronos • Circe • Commencement • Condor • Conqueror • Courage • Courageous • Crommalen • Daredevil • Daring • *Defender* • Demeter • Devastator • Dionysus • Dominator • Encounter • Enforcer • Eradicator • Forceful • Formidable • Furious • Fusilier • Gallant • Glorious • Grenadier • Guardian • Hathor • Hephaestus • Hera • Hermes • Hestia • Hotspur • Hypnos • Immortal • Invincible • Invicta • Isis • Kings Destroyer • Legionaire • Lifeforce • Minerva • Odessa • Odysseus • Osiris • Perseus • Poseidon • Pugilist • Ra • Ramilles • Redan • Redoubt • Reforger • Regulator • Reliant (I) • Renown • Repulse • Rigorous • Striker • Terminator • Terror • Thetis • Thoth • Thurgon • Triumph • Valhalla • Valorous • Venerable • Vengeance • Vesta • Vindicator • Warrior
	class 6 cargo vessel refits	Lantree • Phoebus • Der Sonnenaufgang • T'rin'saz	outboard pod refits	Portia • Saratoga (II) • Saratoga-A
	24th century dorsal platform refits	Alexandria • Antares • Archer • Berkeley • Buenos Aires • Champion • Chicago • *Defender* • Legionnaire • Montréal • Odessa • Ranger • Reliant • Sentinel • Valorous • Vigilant
	24th century destroyers	Alameda • Berkeley • Boston • Brittain • Brunswick • Condamine • Coronado • Covington • Everett • Helmsdale • Kirkland • Lachlan • Lantree • L'aventure • Majestic • Miranda • Montréal • Nautilus • Newport • Reliant • Rockford • Sakai • Saratoga • Sitak • ShirKahr • Somali • Stratford • Tian An Men • Winnipeg • Venice
	24th century medium cruisers	Andover • Brattain • Brisbane • Indianapolis • Majestic • Miranda • Mondial • Nautilus • ShirKahr • Sitak • Tian An Men • Trial • Vigilant
Terran Empire, Starfleet (mirror universe)		NCC-1877 • Brigand • Dakota • Havoc • Malicious • Malevolent • Miranda-B • Miranda-C • Monterey-B • Monterey-C • Nogura • Ranger • Reliant • Ruthless • Treacherous
Miranda subclasses: Anton-class • Reliant-class • Soyuz-class • ShiKahr-class