STARSHIP
USS Adelphi
Class:	Ambassador-class
Registry:	NCC-26849
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Status:	active (2376)

The USS Adelphi (NCC-26849) was an Ambassador-class heavy cruiser in service to service to Starfleet in the 24th century. (ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia, Decipher RPG modules: Starfleet Operations Manual, Starships)

In 2361, the Adelphi, under the command of Captain Darson, participated in the Ghorusda Disaster in which 47 people were killed, including the captain. (TNG episode: "Tin Man"; Decipher RPG modules: Starfleet Operations Manual, Starships)

The Adelphi was still in active service in 2376. (NF novel: Gods Above)

Adelphi translates from Greek as "brothers." However, this ship was probably named for Adelphi, Maryland, which was the one-time home of Dennis Russell Bailey, writer of "Tin Man."

ConnectionsEdit

Ambassador-class explorer/heavy cruiser starships
	Adelphi • Ambassador • Assurance • Aurora • Ayers • Champlin • Crescent • Cybele • Enterprise-C • Excalibur • Exeter • Fury • Gandhi • Gravina • Hammarskjöld • Hannibal • Harding • Hawkesbury • Hickok • Horatio • Independence • Iroquois • Isis • Kadosca • Krotus • MacDonald • Madison • Manassas • Monroe • Montgomery • Norman • Quiberon • Seattle • Shelton • Strong • Thelian • Thorn • Valdemar • Velasco • Warakurna • Wilson • Winslow • Yamaguchi • Zarnitza • Zhukov

External linkEdit

• USS Adelphi article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.