Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki

A friendly reminder regarding spoilers! At present the expanded Trek universe is in a period of major upheaval with the finale of Picard and the continuations of Discovery, Lower Decks, Prodigy and Strange New Worlds, the advent of new eras in Star Trek Online gaming, as well as other post-56th Anniversary publications such as the new ongoing IDW comic. Therefore, please be courteous to other users who may not be aware of current developments by using the {{spoiler}}, {{spoilers}} or {{majorspoiler}} tags when adding new information from sources less than six months old. Also, please do not include details in the summary bar when editing pages and do not anticipate making additions relating to sources not yet in release. 'Thank You

READ MORE

Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki
Register
Advertisement
For other uses, see Hood.

The USS Hood (NCC-42296)[4] was a 23rd century Federation starship, an Excelsior-class heavy cruiser[2] in Starfleet service from reference stardate 2/3512[1] to sometime before the 2410s[2] decade. (FASA RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)

Service history and disposition[]

23rd century[]

The Hood entered service on reference stardate 2/3512. (FASA RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)

24th century[]

Prior to Robert DeSoto assuming command, the ship was commanded by Captain Ledbetter. (TNG comic: "Thin Ice")

When DeSoto replaced him, Ledbetter assumed command of the USS Yorktown. (TNG novel: Fortune's Light)

In 2359, the Hood was ambushed in a surprise attack by several Sindareen raiders, but managed to destroy them all. The Hood was heavily damaged in the attack. Repairs were expected to take two to three months in dry dock, but were finished over a month ahead of schedule. At that time, Lieutenant William T. Riker was transferred to the ship to become its first officer. (TNG - Imzadi Forever novel: Imzadi)

2360s[]

Robert DeSoto assumed command of the USS Hood in 2361. His tenure as Hood's captain would last five years. (Decipher RPG module: Starfleet Operations Manual)

In that same year the Hood responded to a call for humanitarian assistance from Altair III after a revolution broke out. (TNG comics: "Friends and Other Strangers", "The Bajoran and the Beast", "Dreams Die", "The Last Verse")

In 2364, the Hood traveled to Deneb IV to deliver several replacement crewmembers to the USS Enterprise-D, including Commander Riker who had accepted a position as first officer. (TNG episode & novelization: Encounter at Farpoint)

Also aboard the Hood was Admiral Leonard McCoy, who had been invited on a tour of the medical facilities aboard the new Enterprise. (TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows)

In 2366, the Hood transported Betazoid mediator Tam Elbrun to the Enterprise-D so that Elbrun could participate in the mission to communicate with the Gomtuu lifeform. (TNG episode: "Tin Man")

USS Hood 2367

The Hood at the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367.

The Hood was part of the fleet of 40 ships assembled by Vice Admiral J.P. Hanson to waylay Borg cube 632[5] at Wolf 359. Hanson's fleet engaged Locutus' cube in battle and hoped to stop it from reaching Earth in Sector 001. Locutus of Borg, the assimilated Starfleet captain Jean-Luc Picard, used his tactical knowledge to decimate the Federation fleet. The Hood was the only Starfleet vessel to survive the battle intact. (STO - Task Force Operation mission: "Battle of Wolf 359")

In 2369, Benjamin Sisko created a holoprogram at Deep Space 9 that included the Hood as part of an attempted strategy to defeat the Borg Collective in a recreation of the Battle of Wolf 359. Sisko, theorizing new attack patterns he hoped might change the results of the battle, ordered the Hood to concentrate weapons fire with three other starships to allow a boarding party to gain access to Locutus's cube. (DS9 comic: "Program 359")

2370s[]

In 2371, the Hood responded to a distress call from USS Voyager when that ship suffered a propulsion malfunction during their shakedown cruise. During their rendezvous with Voyager, both ships detected a Malkus Artifact in possession of the Maquis. Lieutenant Tuvok temporarily transferred to the Hood before infiltrating the Maquis in order to recover the artifact. The Hood followed the Artifact energy signature to Slaybis IV, where Maquis leaders Chakotay and Cal Hudson surrendered the powerful weapon to Starfleet. The Hood transported the Artifact to the Rector Institute on Earth, and from there traveled to Starbase 96 to pick up supplies for Brackin's Planet. (VOY - The Brave and the Bold, Book Two novella: The Third Artifact)

Also in 2371, the Hood proceeded to Deep Space 9 to investigate the loss of communication with Bajoran system, along with the USS Potemkin, USS Exeter and the Klingon vessel IKS N'Gat. The task force found and engaged the Cardassian Galor-class Rugg'l in the system. The Hood helped in securing the Bajoran system. (DS9 novel: Station Rage)

Following an encounter between the crew of the USS Defiant and a Calderisi raider, the Hood was ordered to the Calderisi homeworld to investigate a weapon the Calderisi had developed that had crippled the Defiant. (DS9 novel: Objective: Bajor)

In 2372, the Hood docked at Deep Space 9 for repairs. (VOY short story: "Letting Go")

Hood

The Hood during Operation Return in 2374.

The Hood fought in many battles during the Dominion War, including Operation Return. (DS9 episode: "Sacrifice of Angels")

During the First Battle of Chin'toka, the Hood first officer Dina Voyskunsky was killed in action. (DS9 episode: "Tears of the Prophets")

The Hood suffered heavy and repeated losses during the war with the Dominion, including the death of surgeon Keith Hughes's wife and young daughter during one battle; the loss pained Doctor Hughes enough that he decided to leave Starfleet in order to escape the violence. (TNG - A Time to... novel: A Time to Heal)

The Hood was to visit Deep Space 9 in 2376 to pick up an industrial replicator bound for Cardassia. (DS9 - Gateways novel: Demons of Air and Darkness)

Battle Group Omega 2379

Battle Group Omega composition in 2379.

In the year 2379, the Hood was assigned to the task force Star Fleet Battle Group Omega, and was ordered to rendezvous with the USS Enterprise-E in Sector 1045 in order to intercept the Reman warbird IRW Scimitar. (TNG movie: Star Trek Nemesis)

2380s[]

USS Hood 2381

In orbit of Jengus IV in 2381.

In the 2380s, command had passed onto Captain Murakami. In 2381, the Hood visited Jengus IV after receiving a distress call issued by Outpost 76. Captain Murakami successfully brokered a tentative peace agreement between the hitherto undiscovered indigenous Scrubble species and the civilian outpost scientists on stardate 58256.2. The Hood departed the planet and left the California-class support ships USS Cerritos and USS Carlsbad behind to coordinate cleanup efforts and relocate the outpost in situ. (LD episode: "Mining the Mind's Mines")

25th century[]

USS Hood 2411

A decommissioned Hood in 2411.

The Hood had been decommissioned by the early 25th century. In the 2410s, the Hood was the sole intact starships among the 31 shipwrecks on display along a docking arm of the Wolf 359 Memorial Station in the Wolf 359 star system. (STO - Both Worlds mission: "Omega Molecule Stabilization")

In 2411, Captain Ezri Dax oversaw a Khitomer Alliance training simulation wherein Alliance starships re-enacted the battle on the holodeck to prepare for combat with the Borg Kingdom from the mirror universe. The Hood was one of the ships recreated holographically for the operation. (STO - Task Force Operation mission: "Battle of Wolf 359")

Alternate timelines[]

First Splinter timeline[]

In January 2380 of the First Splinter[6] timeline, the Hood visited planet Gorak IX, where it discovered undescribed ancient machinery. Later that year, the Hood escorted representatives of the Trinni/ek to a second attempted meeting with President Nanietta Bacco. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation)

Following the Borg Invasion of 2381, the Hood responded to a distress signal from a planetoid which turned out to originate from a crashed Borg scout ship, and its newly-liberated ex-drones. Deputy chief of security Ensign Dmitri Nakahara killed the survivors, as revenge for the deaths the Borg had caused during the invasion. (ST novel: A Singular Destiny)

Personnel[]

See also: USS Hood personnel roster

Auxiliary craft[]

Appendices[]

Connections[]

Ships named Hood
Federation Starfleet
(Kelvin timeline)
USS Hood Starfleet kelvin emblem
Federation, Starfleet
(primary universe)
USS Hood (2240s)USS Hood (NCC-1703, Constitution-class)USS Hood (NCC-1703, Enterprise-class)USS Hood (NCC-42296, Excelsior-class)USS Hood (Galaxy-class) Seal of the Federation Starfleet.
Terran Empire Starfleet ISS Hood Seal of the Terran Empire.
Ships at the Battle of Wolf 359
Federation, Starfleet USS AhwahneeUSS AndersonUSS BellerophonUSS BonestellUSS BuranUSS ChekovUSS ColumbiaUSS ConstanceUSS DunkerqueUSS EndeavourUSS EnduranceUSS FirebrandUSS Gage (Apollo-class)USS Gage (ShiKahr-class)USS GalateaUSS GarrettUSS Gora bim GralUSS HoaglandUSS HoodUSS Ibn SinaUSS KadoscaUSS KanedaUSS KonomUSS KumariUSS KyushuUSS LiberatorUSS Melbourne (Excelsior-class)USS Melbourne (Nebula-class)USS MjolnirUSS PorksauceUSS PrincetonUSS RighteousUSS RooseveltUSS SaratogaUSS SeleyaUSS Sha Ka ReeUSS SonakUSS Star LeagueUSS T'Shen KovilUSS T'PauUSS Thy'lek ShranUSS Tolstoy (Centaur-class)USS Tolstoy (Rigel-class)USS VictoryUSS YamaguchiUSS Yorktownunnamed by class: ConstitutionNova Federation icon image.Emblem of Starfleet icon image.
Borg Collective Cube 632 (Locutus's cube) Borg Collective icon image.
Ships forming the tachyon detection grid in 2368
Federation icon image. USS AhwahneeUSS AjaxUSS AkagiUSS AriesUSS CharlestonUSS EndeavourUSS Enterprise-DUSS ExcaliburUSS GoddardUSS HoodUSS HermesUSS HornetUSS MerrimackUSS SutherlandUSS Thomas PaineUSS Tian An MenUSS Trieste Seal of the Federation Starfleet icon image.
Excelsior-class starships
Federation, Starfleet Agincourt (I)Agincourt (II)Al-Batani (I)Al-Batani (II)AllianceArcherAriesBerlin (I)Berlin (II)Bill of RightsCairo (I)Cairo (II)CentennialCarpenterChamberlainCharleston (I)Charleston (II)ChekovColumbiaConcordConcordiaCrazy HorseCrockettDallasEnterprise-BExcaliburExcelsiorExcelsior-DExcelsior (II)ExeterFarragut (I)Farragut (II)Fearless (I)Fearless (II)FredricksonGorkonGrissomHoodHornetIcarusIntrepidJacksonJunoKongoLakota (I)Lakota (II)LassiterLexingtonLivingstonMalincheOhioOkinawaParisPotemkin (I)Potemkin (II)Repulse (I)Repulse (II)Repulse (III)RighteousRomaSarekSlaytonSuribachiTecumsehThundererValley Forgeunnamed Excelsior-class starships Federation icon image. Starfleet icon image.
exploration cruisers AgincourtAl-BataniCairoCharlestonCrazy HorseEnterprise-BExcelsiorFarragutFearlessGorkonHoodIntrepidLakotaLexingtonMelbourneOkinawaPotemkinRepulseRooseveltTecumsehValley Forge
battleships class XIII-class XIV battleships: ColumbiaExcelsiorGalactaProxima
class XIII transwarp battleships: Achilles IIAgincourtAjax IIAlamoAquila IIArizonaBearnBerlinBrisbaneChallengerChikumaColumbiaConstitution IIDe MayoEagleEnterprise-BExcaliburExcelsiorExeterFarragutFearlessFusoGalactaHancockHoodIntrepidKitty HawkKongoLexingtonPotemkinProximaRoyal OakRyujoSussexThundererTiconderoga IIValiantYamashiroYorktown
2280s/2290s battlecruiser (BCE) Al-BataniBerlinCairoCharlestonExcelsiorFearlessLakotaRepulse Kirov-subclass battlecruiser (BCG) CharlestonClevelandDaytonGettysburgGraf SpeeGuirierreMatsumo
Bismarck-subclass battlecruiser (BCF) BelknapMissouriRaan New Jersey-subclass battlecruiser (BCJ) AustraliaBismarckBunker HillFedTerraForrestHowlandKirovMontanaNew JerseyNew ZealandOgarkovOrcaSaber
fleet cruisers
24th century
AgincourtAl-BataniCairoChallengerCharlestonChicagoCrazy HorseCrockettEnterprise-BExcelsiorFarragutFearlessFredricksonGorkonGrissomHoodIntrepidLakotaLexingtonLivingstonMalincheMelbourneMikitaOkinawaPotemkinRepulseRooseveltTecumsehValley Forge
proposed starships
24th century
AlexandriaAngelouBillingsBurtonCurieDauntlessElielErvolinaGallicoHanleyKahloLe GuinLegionnaireLionheartNimbleNovaOyamaResoluteRiegelRueSentinelSilversidesStrotherValorousWalters
fleet cruisers
late 2370s decade
AcruxActurusAgenaAl-BataniAnakAntaresAustraliaBelknapBerlinBetelgeuseBinarBismarckBunker HillCairoCanopusCapellaCharlestonClevelandCrazy HorseCrockettDarionDaytonDispatchFearlessFredricksonGettysburgGorkonGrissomGuirierreHoodHowlandKirovLakotaLivingstonMalincheMatsumoMissouriMontanaNew JerseyNew ZealandOkinawaOrcaPolluxPotemkinRepulseSpicaTecumsehValley ForgeVegaVena
various alternate subclasses and configurations Alka-SelsiorArchimedesExcelsior II-class: MestralEurekaExcelsior (II)Repulse-subclass: AkronRepulseResolute-subclass: Resolute
Interstellar Union, Interstellar Guard
(alternate timeline)
Kumari II Federation icon image. Terran Empire, Starfleet
(mirror universe)
ExcelsiorExcelsior-DExcelsior-IPunisher Terran Empire icon image. Terran Starfleet icon image.

Background[]

The Excelsior-class Hood is an oft-mentioned TNG-era vessel, with differing details depending on the sources involved. When ILM's original Excelsior model was refurbished to be filmed for the pilot TNG episode: "Encounter at Farpoint", the decals were changed to read "USS Hood NCC-2541", although this feature was never visible on screen. By later seasons of TNG, the same USS Hood was often shown in computer readout screens as "NCC-42296", a registry that was also featured in the ST reference: The Star Trek Encyclopedia and other licensed sources. By the next time the Hood appeared onscreen, in DS9, a modeler's error showed the vessel had not had its decals updated, and the hull bore the registry of the USS Lakota, the last ship that model had been used to represent. When the Hood was mentioned in the FASA RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual, it was sequentially numbered in the list as "NCC-2017".

References[]

External link[]

Advertisement