- For other uses, see Eddington.
The USS Eddington (NCC-3880) was a Federation starship, a Ptolemy-class transport tug of the Doppler-subclass (Mk VIB), ordered for construction in the 23rd century.
Service history and disposition[]
Construction of Eddington was authorized by the Starfleet appropriation of stardate 4990. (ST reference: Star Fleet Technical Manual)
- The stardate given would seem to suggest this ship was ordered during the TOS era in the late 2260s decade. Vessels of the Ptolemy-subclasses are named primarily for well-known astronomers.
By the year 2269, the Eddington had been launched and was in service. Eddington picked up a distress call from a scout ship during an "interstellar gate" incident, and found all 10 of the scout's crew dead. (TOS novel: The Final Nexus)
