The USS Honshu (NCC-60205) was a Template:ShipClass Federation starship in service during the late 24th century.
In 2374, the Honshu was responsible for transporting former Cardassian leader Dukat to stand trial for war crimes at Starbase 621. Captain Benjamin Sisko was also aboard and was scheduled to testify at the trial.
At approximately 1030 hours on the second day of the three day voyage, the ship was intercepted and destroyed by a wing of Cardassian destroyers. At least three of the starships escape pods and a shuttlecraft managed to escape.
The USS Defiant and the USS Constellation were assigned to retrieve survivors. The Defiant recovered at least 15 survivors, including Sisko. (DS9: "Waltz")
Honshu personnel
Background
The Honshu was named after the main island of Japan.
The interior corridors of the Honshu seen in "Waltz" appeared to be a re-use of the USS Defiant sets, while the brig was a re-use from Star Trek: Voyager and had previously been seen as Michael Eddington's starbase prison cell seen in "Blaze of Glory". No other Honshu interior locations were seen in the episode.
The interior of the type-6 shuttlecraft stolen by Dukat to escape the Honshu was used as a backdrop for his later appearances in "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" and "Tears of the Prophets".
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