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The USS Melbourne (NCC-62043) was a 24th century Federation starship, an Excelsior-class heavy cruiser in Starfleet service in the 2360s decade. In the year 2367, the Excelsior-class Melbourne took part in the Battle of Wolf 359 alongside its intended Nebula-class successor[4] USS Melbourne. (STO - Task Force Operation mission: "Battle of Wolf 359")

Service history and disposition[]

The USS Melbourne launched in the year 2342. (ST reference: The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard)

In 2364, the Melbourne was docked at Starbase 74 at the same time as the USS Enterprise-D, undergoing repairs. When the Enterprise was subsequently stolen by the Bynars, repairs on the Melbourne were rushed as it was the only vessel that could travel fast enough to catch the Enterprise. (TNG episode: "11001001")

By the mid 2360s a Nebula-class replacement was under construction to replace the Melbourne, and the new Melbourne was ready by 2367. Both the old[5] and new[6] Melbourne were sent to the Wolf 359 system to face the Borg, and both ships were subsequently lost in the course of the battle. The two ships shared their NCC registry number, NCC-62043. (TNG episode: "The Best of Both Worlds"; DS9 episode & novelization: Emissary)

USS Melbourne

Cube 632 trapping the Melbourne with a tractor beam.

The USS Melbourne was part of the fleet of 40 ships assembled by Vice Admiral J.P. Hanson to waylay Borg cube 632[7] at Wolf 359. Hanson's fleet engaged Locutus' cube in battle and hoped to stop it from reaching Earth in Sector 001. Locutus of Borg, the assimilated Starfleet captain Jean-Luc Picard, used his tactical knowledge to decimate the Federation fleet. (STO - Task Force Operation mission: "Battle of Wolf 359")

The Melbourne was wrecked and effectively destroyed in the battle when Locutus stopped the Melbourne with a tractor beam before using a cutting beam to shatter the ship's saucer section. (DS9 episode & novelization: Emissary)

In 2369, Benjamin Sisko created a holoprogram at Deep Space 9 that included the Melbourne as part of an attempted strategy to defeat the Borg Collective in a recreation of the Battle of Wolf 359. Sisko conceived new attack patterns he hoped might change the results of the battle. (DS9 comic: "Program 359")

In 2373 the USS Voyager discovered one of the escape pods from the USS Melbourne with survivors aboard, including Marshall Sinclair. The Melbourne escape pod had been trapped along with several others in a rift where time flowed at a different rate. Unfortunately the survivors had to re-enter the rift to prevent Voyager from being trapped inside. (VOY comic: "Ghosts")

USS Melbourne 2411

The wrecked Melbourne in 2411.

In the 2410s, the Melbourne was one of the 31 shipwrecks on display along a docking arm of the Wolf 359 Memorial Station in the Wolf 359 star system. With the intact, decommissioned USS Hood taking a separate docking port, close to the space station's primary hull, the Melbourne occupied in 2nd memorial position on the spiraling docking arm. (STO - Both Worlds mission: "Omega Molecule Stabilization")

In 2411, Captain Ezri Dax oversaw a Khitomer Alliance training simulation wherein Alliance starships re-enacted the battle on the holodeck to prepare for combat with the Borg Kingdom from the mirror universe. The Excelsior-class Melbourne was one of the ships recreated holographically for the operation. (STO - Task Force Operation mission: "Battle of Wolf 359")

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Excelsior-class starships
Federation, Starfleet Agincourt (I)Agincourt (II)Al-Batani (I)Al-Batani (II)AllianceArcherAriesBerlin (I)Berlin (II)Bill of RightsCairo (I)Cairo (II)CentennialCarpenterChamberlainCharleston (I)Charleston (II)ChekovColumbiaConcordConcordiaCrazy HorseCrockettDallasEnterprise-BExcaliburExcelsiorExcelsior-DExcelsior (II)ExeterFarragut (I)Farragut (II)Fearless (I)Fearless (II)FredricksonGorkonGrissomHoodHornetIcarusIntrepidJacksonJunoKongoLakota (I)Lakota (II)LassiterLexingtonLivingstonMalincheOhioOkinawaParisPotemkin (I)Potemkin (II)Repulse (I)Repulse (II)Repulse (III)RighteousRomaSarekSlaytonSuribachiTecumsehThundererValley Forgeunnamed Excelsior-class starships Federation icon image. Starfleet icon image.
exploration cruisers AgincourtAl-BataniCairoCharlestonCrazy HorseEnterprise-BExcelsiorFarragutFearlessGorkonHoodIntrepidLakotaLexingtonMelbourneOkinawaPotemkinRepulseRooseveltTecumsehValley Forge
battleships class XIII-class XIV battleships: ColumbiaExcelsiorGalactaProxima
class XIII transwarp battleships: Achilles IIAgincourtAjax IIAlamoAquila IIArizonaBearnBerlinBrisbaneChallengerChikumaColumbiaConstitution IIDe MayoEagleEnterprise-BExcaliburExcelsiorExeterFarragutFearlessFusoGalactaHancockHoodIntrepidKitty HawkKongoLexingtonPotemkinProximaRoyal OakRyujoSussexThundererTiconderoga IIValiantYamashiroYorktown
2280s/2290s battlecruiser (BCE) Al-BataniBerlinCairoCharlestonExcelsiorFearlessLakotaRepulse Kirov-subclass battlecruiser (BCG) CharlestonClevelandDaytonGettysburgGraf SpeeGuirierreMatsumo
Bismarck-subclass battlecruiser (BCF) BelknapMissouriRaan New Jersey-subclass battlecruiser (BCJ) AustraliaBismarckBunker HillFedTerraForrestHowlandKirovMontanaNew JerseyNew ZealandOgarkovOrcaSaber
fleet cruisers
24th century
AgincourtAl-BataniCairoChallengerCharlestonChicagoCrazy HorseCrockettEnterprise-BExcelsiorFarragutFearlessFredricksonGorkonGrissomHoodIntrepidLakotaLexingtonLivingstonMalincheMelbourneMikitaOkinawaPotemkinRepulseRooseveltTecumsehValley Forge
proposed starships
24th century
AlexandriaAngelouBillingsBurtonCurieDauntlessElielErvolinaGallicoHanleyKahloLe GuinLegionnaireLionheartNimbleNovaOyamaResoluteRiegelRueSentinelSilversidesStrotherValorousWalters
fleet cruisers
late 2370s decade
AcruxActurusAgenaAl-BataniAnakAntaresAustraliaBelknapBerlinBetelgeuseBinarBismarckBunker HillCairoCanopusCapellaCharlestonClevelandCrazy HorseCrockettDarionDaytonDispatchFearlessFredricksonGettysburgGorkonGrissomGuirierreHoodHowlandKirovLakotaLivingstonMalincheMatsumoMissouriMontanaNew JerseyNew ZealandOkinawaOrcaPolluxPotemkinRepulseSpicaTecumsehValley ForgeVegaVena
various alternate subclasses and configurations Alka-SelsiorArchimedesExcelsior II-class: MestralEurekaExcelsior (II)Repulse-subclass: AkronRepulseResolute-subclass: Resolute
Interstellar Union, Interstellar Guard
(alternate timeline)
Kumari II Federation icon image. Terran Empire, Starfleet
(mirror universe)
ExcelsiorExcelsior-DExcelsior-IPunisher Terran Empire icon image. Terran Starfleet icon image.
Ships at the Battle of Wolf 359
Federation, Starfleet USS AhwahneeUSS AndersonUSS BellerophonUSS BonestellUSS BuranUSS ChekovUSS ColumbiaUSS ConstanceUSS DunkerqueUSS EndeavourUSS EnduranceUSS FirebrandUSS Gage (Apollo-class)USS Gage (ShiKahr-class)USS GalateaUSS GarrettUSS Gora bim GralUSS HoaglandUSS HoodUSS Ibn SinaUSS KadoscaUSS KanedaUSS KonomUSS KumariUSS KyushuUSS LiberatorUSS Melbourne (Excelsior-class)USS Melbourne (Nebula-class)USS MjolnirUSS PorksauceUSS PrincetonUSS RighteousUSS RooseveltUSS SaratogaUSS SeleyaUSS Sha Ka ReeUSS SonakUSS Star LeagueUSS T'Shen KovilUSS T'PauUSS Thy'lek ShranUSS Tolstoy (Centaur-class)USS Tolstoy (Rigel-class)USS VictoryUSS YamaguchiUSS Yorktownunnamed by class: ConstitutionNova Federation icon image.Emblem of Starfleet icon image.
Borg Collective Cube 632 (Locutus's cube) Borg Collective icon image.

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