USS Saratoga (NCC-1887)

For other uses, see Saratoga.

The USS Saratoga (NCC-1887) was a Federation Miranda-class starship active in Starfleet service in the late 23rd century.

The Saratoga, under the command of Captain Margaret Alexander, transported Captain Lawrence Styles to the Romulan Neutral Zone in 2285, where he was to arrest Rear Admiral James T. Kirk. (TOS comic: "The Apocalypse Scenario!")

In 2286, the Saratoga was patrolling Sector 5, near the Klingon Neutral Zone, when it began tracking a large unknown alien probe on an apparent trajectory to the Terran solar system. Attempts to communicate with the probe were negative on all known frequencies. Saratoga was eventually neutralized by the probe's signal and rendered unable to generate its own power, forcing it to run on reserve power only. (TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Voyage Home)

In 2289, the Saratoga was to escort Ambassador Sarek to peace negotiations with the Klingon Empire; however, the USS Excelsior took on these duties. (TOS novel: Excelsior: Forged in Fire)

The ship was destroyed during the Tomed Incident in 2311. (Adventures RPG module: Beta Quadrant Sourcebook)

Crew manifest[]

Commanding officer:
- Captain Margaret Alexander (c.2285-c.2289)
Science officer:
- Chitirih Ra-Dreii (circa 2286)
Lieutenant Sgeulaiches (circa 2286)
Thahai

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Background[]

Portrayed in canon, as a Miranda-class vessel identical to the USS Reliant, the Saratoga was a reuse of the model built for that earlier vessel, relabeled with a new name and registry. While backstage pictures reveal the hull number, a number of licensed sources have perpetuated confusion about this vessel, including incorrect registries "NCC-1937" (ST reference: The Star Trek Encyclopedia) and "NCC-1867" (in a collectible Mattel miniature). In a glaring error, the ship was shown just prior to The Voyage Home in DC Comics issues, but was drawn as an Excelsior-class vessel, despite having much the same crew and mission as the vessel in canon.

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Ships named Saratoga
United Earth, Starfleet	Saratoga
Federation, Starfleet	USS Saratoga (NCC-1724, Constitution-class) • *USS Saratoga* (NCC-1887, Miranda-class)** • USS Saratoga (NCC-3007, Royal Sovereign-class) • USS Saratoga (Galaxy-class) • USS Saratoga (NCC-31911, Miranda-class) • USS Saratoga (NCC-31911-A, Miranda-class) • USS Saratoga (Sovereign-class)

Miranda-class starships
Federation, Starfleet	Anton-class refits	Condor • Courage • Daring • Devastator • Gallant • Invincible • Reliant (I) • Renown • Repulse	2250s/2260s configurations	Achilles (I) • Aephas • Alamo • Aloia • Bombay • Buenos Aires • Cortez • Drake • Georgia • Kobayashi Maru II • Miranda • Oxford • Plato
	various configurations: Achilles (I) • Achilles (II) • Alexandria • Armstrong • Atlantis • Avenger • Bolivar • Bolland • Brattain • Britannia • Callahan • Carthage • Chagaris • Cluster • Concord • Condor • Courage • Courageous • Daran • Daring • Delbora • Devastator• Drake • Excalibur • Fuller • Gallant • Gladstone • Gorbachev • Harold • Hartt • Hoagland • Invincible • Kitty Hawk • Korolev • Lafayette • Lantree • Legionaire • MacDuff • Miranda • Miranda-B • Nautilus • Leonov • Oberon • Obsidian • Omaha • Pacific • Pawtucket • Polaris • Potemkin • Raleigh • Ranger • Reliant (I) • Reliant (II) • Reliant (III) • Renown • Repulse • Rutherford • Samson • Saratoga (I) • Saratoga (II) • Saratoga-A • Sentinel • Stockholm • Sturgeon • Surak • Tempest • Tian An Men • Truong • Ulysses • Valor • Vindicator • Whorfin • Zephyr • NC-141 • unnamed Miranda-class starships • dorsal nacelles variant: Capella • Kelvin timeline: Vanguard
	new cruiser (NCA)	Atlanta • Beijing • Berlin • Buenos Aires • Calgary • Chicago • Dayton • Kinshasa • London • Los Angeles • Mecca • Milwaukee • New York • Philadelphia • Tokyo • Yellowknife	new heavy cruiser (NCM)	Miranda • Magsaysay • Eisenhower • Valor • Reliant (I) • MacArthur • Montgomery • Saratoga (I)
	new light cruiser (NCL)	Alabama • Daystrom • Gneisenau • Kearsarge • Littorio • Moreno • Mutso • Nagato • New Mexico • Prinz Eugen • Renown • Repulse • Richelieu • Rivadavia • Scharnhorst • Strasbourg	new advanced light cruiser (NCL+)	Aliyah • Assawari • De Ruyter • Defence • Glorie • Groton • Iowa • Kortenauer • Medina • Meko • Michigan • Mikasa • Missouri • Naken • North Carolina • Olympia • Pervenetz • Piorun • Ramadan • Vosper • Warspite
	command light cruiser (CLC)	Chandalar • Mali • Mendoza • Pegasus Bay • Tangiers • Udzha	heavy command cruiser (NCC)	Clancy • Clausewitz • Coyle • Jomini • Mahan • Sun Tzu • Tacitus • Webber
	new drone cruiser (NCD)	Azov • Gromykii • Groznyy • Sverdlov • Varyag	new advanced drone cruiser (NCD+)	Baba Yaga • Grochenko • Ivanov • Moscotivitch • Sergei
	commando transport (NCT)	Ford • Virgil • Vindicator • Vision	advanced commando transport (NCT+)	Grissom • Vanguard • Venture • Victory
	new escort cruiser/new aegis cruiser (NEC/NAC)	Thresher • Scorpion • Barb • Halibut • Permit • Plunger • Puffer • Haddock • Pollack • Dolphin • Mako	new strike carrier (NVS)	Hoover • Polk • Filmore • Baines • Garfield • Carter • Johnson
	new light carrier/new advanced light carrier (NVL/NVL+)	Bataan • Belleau Wood • Cabot • Cowpens • Independence • Langley • Monterey • Princeton • San Jacinto	new scout cruiser/advanced new scout cruiser (NSC/NSC+)	Garth • Komack • Christopher • Richey • Bell • Cochrane • Esteban • April • Pike • Bateson • Garrovick
	Reliant-subclass class XI cruiser	Accommodator • Achilles (II) • Administrator • Amador • Archer • Ardent • Ares • Artemis • Asclepius • Athena • Audacious • Bacchus • Blade of Tellar • Brave Shield • Ceres • Champion • Chronos • Circe • Commencement • Condor • Conqueror • Courage • Courageous • Crommalen • Daredevil • Daring • Defender • Demeter • Devastator • Dionysus • Dominator • Encounter • Enforcer • Eradicator • Forceful • Formidable • Furious • Fusilier • Gallant • Glorious • Grenadier • Guardian • Hathor • Hephaestus • Hera • Hermes • Hestia • Hotspur • Hypnos • Immortal • Invincible • Invicta • Isis • Kings Destroyer • Legionaire • Lifeforce • Minerva • Odessa • Odysseus • Osiris • Perseus • Poseidon • Pugilist • Ra • Ramilles • Redan • Redoubt • Reforger • Regulator • Reliant (I) • Renown • Repulse • Rigorous • Striker • Terminator • Terror • Thetis • Thoth • Thurgon • Triumph • Valhalla • Valorous • Venerable • Vengeance • Vesta • Vindicator • Warrior
	class 6 cargo vessel refits	Lantree • Phoebus • Der Sonnenaufgang • T'rin'saz	outboard pod refits	Portia • Saratoga (II) • Saratoga-A
	24th century dorsal platform refits	Alexandria • Antares • Archer • Berkeley • Buenos Aires • Champion • Chicago • Defender • Legionnaire • Montréal • Odessa • Ranger • Reliant • Sentinel • Valorous • Vigilant
	24th century destroyers	Alameda • Berkeley • Boston • Brittain • Brunswick • Condamine • Coronado • Covington • Everett • Helmsdale • Kirkland • Lachlan • Lantree • L'aventure • Majestic • Miranda • Montréal • Nautilus • Newport • Reliant • Rockford • Sakai • Saratoga • Sitak • ShirKahr • Somali • Stratford • Tian An Men • Winnipeg • Venice
	24th century medium cruisers	Andover • Brattain • Brisbane • Indianapolis • Majestic • Miranda • Mondial • Nautilus • ShirKahr • Sitak • Tian An Men • Trial • Vigilant
Terran Empire, Starfleet (mirror universe)		NCC-1877 • Brigand • Dakota • Havoc • Malicious • Malevolent • Miranda-B • Miranda-C • Monterey-B • Monterey-C • Nogura • Ranger • Reliant • Ruthless • Treacherous
Miranda subclasses: Anton-class • Reliant-class • Soyuz-class • ShiKahr-class