- For other uses, see Princeton.
The USS Princeton (NCC-59804) was a 24th century Federation starship, a Niagara-class fast cruiser[1] in Starfleet service in the 2360s decade. In the year 2367, the Princeton took part in the Battle of Wolf 359. (STO - Task Force Operation mission: "Battle of Wolf 359")
Service history and disposition[]
The Enterprise-D passing by the Princeton on stardate 44002.3.
The USS Princeton was part of the fleet of 40 ships assembled by Vice Admiral J.P. Hanson to waylay Borg cube 632[4] 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 Princeton was wrecked and effectively destroyed in the battle. (STO - Task Force Operation mission: "Battle of Wolf 359")
The wrecked Princeton in 2411.
When the USS Enterprise-D approached the battle site shortly thereafter, the wreck of the Princeton was one of the first ships the Enterprise passed. (TNG episode: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"; ST reference: The Star Trek Encyclopedia)
In the 2410s, the Princeton was one of the 31 shipwrecks on display along a docking arm of the Wolf 359 Memorial Station in the Wolf 359 star system. With the intact, decommissioned USS Hood taking a separate docking port, close to the space station's primary hull, the Princeton occupied in 6th memorial position on the spiraling docking arm. (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 Princeton was one of the ships recreated holographically for the operation. (STO - Task Force Operation mission: "Battle of Wolf 359")
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| Niagara-class fast cruisers | ||
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Fairfax • Joshua Tree • Niagara • Princeton • Raleigh • Sacajawea • Thims • T'Pavis • Wellington • Wells | 
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| Ships named Princeton | ||
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USS Princeton (NCC-1907, Miranda-class) • USS Princeton (NCC-59804, Niagara-class) • USS Princeton (Sovereign-class) | 
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| Ships at the Battle of Wolf 359 | ||
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| Federation, Starfleet | USS Ahwahnee • USS Anderson • USS Bellerophon • USS Bonestell • USS Buran • USS Chekov • USS Columbia • USS Constance • USS Dunkerque • USS Endeavour • USS Endurance • USS Firebrand • USS Gage (Apollo-class) • USS Gage (ShiKahr-class) • USS Galatea • USS Garrett • USS Gora bim Gral • USS Hoagland • USS Hood • USS Ibn Sina • USS Kadosca • USS Kaneda • USS Konom • USS Kumari • USS Kyushu • USS Liberator • USS Melbourne (Excelsior-class) • USS Melbourne (Nebula-class) • USS Mjolnir • USS Porksauce • USS Princeton • USS Righteous • USS Roosevelt • USS Saratoga • USS Seleya • USS Sha Ka Ree • USS Sonak • USS Star League • USS T'Shen Kovil • USS T'Pau • USS Thy'lek Shran • USS Tolstoy (Centaur-class) • USS Tolstoy (Rigel-class) • USS Victory • USS Yamaguchi • USS Yorktown • unnamed by class: Constitution • Nova |
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| Borg Collective | Cube 632 (Locutus's cube) | 
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Background[]
| This section is written from the Real World point of view. |
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- This vessel may be named for Princeton University in New Jersey on Earth.
- Images of this ship were first published in Star Trek Fact Files, subsequently the ship was clearly seen in the special features of the TNG season 3 DVD. Both Fact Files and the Encyclopedia incorrectly listed this vessel's registry as "NCC-58904" before being corrected by the DVD release.
Appearances and references[]
External link[]
- USS Princeton (NCC-59804) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.