USS Valley Forge
Class:	Excelsior-class
Registry:	NCC-43305
Owner:	United Federation of Planets
Operator:	Starfleet
Status:	Destroyed (2374)

The USS Valley Forge (NCC-43305) was a Federation Excelsior-class starship that was in service with Starfleet in the late 24th century. The Valley Forge fought in the Dominion War and, in late 2374, saw action at the First Battle of Chin'toka. It was destroyed by Cardassian orbital weapon platforms after they were activated sooner than the Allies thought they would be. (DS9: "Tears of the Prophets")

Excelsior-class starships
USS Berlin • USS Cairo • USS Charleston • USS Crazy Horse • USS Enterprise-B • USS Excelsior • USS Farragut • USS Fearless • USS Fredrickson • USS Gorkon • USS Hood • USS Intrepid • USS Lakota • USS Malinche • USS Melbourne • USS Potemkin • USS Repulse • USS Valley Forge • Unnamed

BackgroundEdit

The Valley Forge's appearance in "Tears of the Prophets" was confirmed by John Gross and Karen Sickles of Digital Muse in a 25 June 1998 post, by DS9 Visual Effects Supervisor David Stipes, on the newsgroup alt.tv.star-trek.ds9.

This ship was most likely named after the American Revolution encampment and training ground outside of Philadelphia. It could also have been named after one of the United States Navy's ships of the same name.