USS Excelsior (NCC-77246)

The USS Excelsior (NCC-77246) was a Federation dreadnought of the. It is capable of supporting a crew complement of approximately 1200. Due to wartime personnel needs, Excelsior ' s current crew complement is approximately 700, and families have been relocated to Starbase 39-Sierra.

Background Information
At the time of its construction, the Excelsior was to be the last Galaxy-class vessel to be commissioned, and the first to be refitted to Galaxy III specs. However, due to recent combat losses, Starfleet command would soon order another run of at least fifteen vessels, this run consisting of five more variants, five USS Venture subtypes, three standard Galaxy class ships and two additional space control ships of the USS Beliskner subtype.