USS Orinoco (NCC-72905)

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USS Orinoco
Class:	Danube-class
Registry:	NCC-72905
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Assignment:	Deep Space 9
Status:	destroyed (2372)

The USS Orinoco (NCC-72905) was a Danube-class runabout in service to Starfleet in the late 24th century. (ST reference: Encyclopedia)

In 2370, the Orinoco was assigned to Deep Space 9 as a replacement for the USS Yangtzee Kiang, which had been lost the previous year. In one of it's first missions, the Orinoco was used to evacuate all non-Bajoran personnel from the station. (DS9 episode: "The Siege")

A few months later, the Orinoco was used by Lieutenant Jadzia Dax and Ensign Melora Pazlar to perform a scientific mission in the Gamma Quadrant. (DS9 episode: "Melora")

Later that same year, the Orinoco was used to blockade the Cardassian planet Bryma and prevent the Maquis attacking the colony. (DS9 episode: "The Maquis, Part II")

At the end of the year, the Orinoco accompanied the USS Odyssey into the Gamma Quadrant in an attempt to rescue Commander Benjamin Sisko from the Dominion. (DS9 episode: "The Jem'Hadar")

The Orinoco was eventually destroyed in 2372 after the Cardassian terrorist group known as the True Way managed to smuggle an explosive device aboard. (DS9 episode: "Our Man Bashir")

External link

• USS Orinoco (NCC-72905) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.