STARSHIP
USS Oberth
Class:	Oberth
Registry:	NCC-602
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Status:	Unknown

The USS Oberth (NX-602, later NCC-602) was the prototype for the Oberth class of Federation starship in service during the late 23rd century.

In 2293, the Oberth was assigned to a deep-space exploration mission at the time of the proposal for Operation Retrieve. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country).

Sonya Gomez transferred to the Oberth in 2368, following a three-year assignment aboard the USS Enterprise-D. In 2369, Gomez transferred off of the Oberth to the USS Sentinel. (SCE eBooks: Invincible and Many Splendors).

This ship was not specifically mentioned in the movie's dialogue, but was listed in several starship status charts seen on the sets of the film.

Named after Hermann Oberth, a German 20th century space travel enthusiast and author of the book "Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen" ("By Rocket into Planetary Space").

ConnectionsEdit

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

Oberth-class starships
various configurations	Aamot • Achilles • Alacrity • Aldrin • Andromede • Armstrong • Banting • Barracuda • Biko • Bonestell • Broadsword • Carter • Carver • Cavalier • Cochrane • Copernicus • Cortes • Drake • Faraday • Freedom • Fu Po • Gato • Hawking • Intrepid II • Jacequai • Khartoum • Khyber • Lagrange • Lake • Manatee • Martynov • Montgomery • Moray • Narwhal • Oberth • Osiris • Pegasus (2285) • Pegasus (2358) • Pegasus (Late 24th century) • Raman • Rio Branco • Sandhusky • Seadragon • Stingray • Sun Yat Sen • Surak • Sybil • Tinian • Tobias • Trosper • Trump • Tudor • Vico • Yosemite • Yung Sheng
Clarke-subclass	Benjamin Franklin • Clarke	Gagarin-subclass	Gagarin • Grissom
Sagan-subclass	Carson • Cochrane • Corby • Crater • Daystrom • Einstein • Fermi • Lowell • Meade • Mendeleyev • Sagan • Shoonedev • Skoatar • Surishian • T'mirea • Tsiolkovsky • V'Ryugenn