USS Samson (Venture class)

For other uses, see Samson.

The USS Samson (NCC-170147) was a 25th century Federation starship, a Venture-class dreadnought cruiser in Starfleet service in the 2400s and 2410s decades. (STO - Klingon War mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

Service history and disposition[]

The Venture class entered service in the year 2409. Its design was an evolution of the Galaxy-class exploration cruiser. (STO Collection Issue 03: "USS Andromeda NCC-92100")

The Samson shared its registry number NCC-170147 with other Starfleet and even mirror universe Imperial Starfleet dreadnoughts. (STO - Call to Arms mission: "Mirror Universe Incursion")

It shared both name and registry number with the Monarch-class dreadnought USS Samson. (STO - Klingon War mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

In Starfleet Shipyards Operations shipyard interfaces across the Milky Way Galaxy, the Samson visually represented the dreadnought configuration of the Venture-class from 2410 onwards. (STO - New Dawn mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

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ships named Samson
	USS Samson (NCC-543, Saladin-class) • USS Samson (Miranda-class) • USS Samson (NCC-170147, Monarch-class) • *USS Samson* (NCC-170147, Venture-class) • see also:** Samson-class

25th century Venture-class cruiser starships
Federation, Starfleet (primary universe)	exploration cruiser: USS Venture (NCC-71854-A) • dreadnought cruiser: *USS Samson* (NCC-170147) • advanced research vessel*: USS Monitor* (NCC-83800)
Terran Empire, Starfleet (mirror universe)	exploration cruiser: ISS Galaxy (NCC-70637)

Galaxy-class class XVI explorer/exploration cruiser starships
Federation, Starfleet	early series	Galaxy (I) • Yamato (I) • Enterprise-D • Columbia
	various series / standard configurations	Bolivar • Breedlove • Challenger • Cheyenne • Constitution • Crockett • Dauntless (I) • Dauntless (II) • Excalibur-A • Galaxy (I) • Galaxy (II) • Harriman • Idaho • Intrepid • Lhasa • Madison • Magellan • Marquette • McGinley • Mukaikubo • Musashi • Odyssey (I) • Odyssey (II) • Oraidhe • Phlox • Renown • San Francisco • Sequoia • Syracuse • Trident • Venture • Yamato (I) • Yamato (II) • unnamed Galaxy-class starships
	Dominion War fleets	Agrippa • Asgard • Magellan • Odysseus • Ronald D. Moore • Sorak • Trinculo • Venture • Victory • Yamato (II) • Zhurkov
	command cruiser fleet expansion	Adelaide • Argonaut • Asigara • Bermuda • Blake • Bolzano • Canarias • Cervera • Columbus • De Ruyter • Galicia • Gloucester • Hurutaka • Kinugasa • Lazarev • Makarov • Molotov • Murmansk • Navarra • Ning Hai • Ontario • Renown • Salem • Swiftsure • Sumatra • Tikuma • Trieste • Tyokai • Wichita • Worcester
	post-war 2370s decade fleet expansions	Allegheny • Andromeda • Argo • Berry • Citadel • Dominance • Formidable • Frontier • Geronimo • Goodman • Jubei • Malevolent • Oregon • Pequod • Perseus • Persia • Renown • Reverant • Reverent • Rylander • Scimitar • Taylor • Ulysses • Valhalla • Vindictive
	post-war 2370s decade fleet expansions	Bonhomme Richard • C. Lewis • Constellation • Defiance • Eagle • El Dorado • Endeavor • Essex • Excalibur • Exeter • Farragut • Galaxy • Hood • Hornet • Kongo • Krieger • Lafayette • Lexington • Merrimac • Monitor • Odyssey (II) • Republic • Saratoga • Tori • Valiant • Wasp • Yorktown
	First Splinter timeline and other alternate realities	Canterbury • Challenger • Enterprise-D • Excalibur-A • Hedderjin • Jefferies • Magellan • Robinson • Trident • Trinculo • Venture
	variant configurations	Andromeda-subclass: Andromeda • Birmingham • Celestial-subclass: Celestial • Envoy-subclass: Envoy • Galaxy X-subclass • Monarch-subclass: Monarch • Samson (variant) • Ross-subclass: Ross • Vanguard • Yi Sun-Sin *• Venture-subclass: Samson* (variant) • Venture-A • Venture-B • World Razer-subclass: Brazos • World Razer-D • Yamato-subclass: Madrid
Terran Empire, Starfleet (mirror universes)		Enterprise-D • Galaxy • Venture-subclass: Galaxy • Andromeda-class/Cygnus-class: Pegasus
Confederation of Earth, Corps (alternate timeline)		World Razer-subclass: World Razer	Borg Collective (mirror universe)	Assimilation Target Prime