The freighter Huron, NCC-F1513
The USS Huron (NCC-F1913) was a Federation starship, a freighter under the command of Captain O'Shea during the mid-to-late 23rd century.
In 2270, the Huron was carrying a vital supply of a medication called strobolin to choriocytosis-stricken Enterprise. She was attacked and raided by Orion pirates. (TAS "The Pirates of Orion")
- The Huron is the namesake of a Native American tribe of North America, as well as a lake, also named after the same tribe.
Background
The Huron was the first Federation registered Starfleet ship design besides the Constitution-class to ever be shown onscreen. No class name was ever recorded for this freighter design, although non-canon references sometimes mention it as Independence-class. One oddity surrounding this ship is the registry number NCC-F1913, since no other canon starship since has ever used a letter prefix in the number field of the registry. Presumably, the "F" stands for freighter.
Scaling references used by the animators show the freighter in comparison to Enterprise. The Huron appears to be approximately 110 meters in length and 60 meters in height, although this is strictly a ballpark figure, no specific size scale is canonically verified. These figures roughly correspond to deck heights determined by the placement of windows on the ship's hull.