Museum Timeline

Timeline of Starfleet Museum Events

1932

Earth scientists first detect the existence of antimatter.

1997

Antimatter is produced in minute quantities on Earth.

2022

Scientists on Earth first confirm existence of the subspace domain.

2044

Deuterium-based fusion reactors enter widespread use on Earth.

2048

Scientific research team lead by Dr. Zefram Cochrane successfully establishes first low-frequency subspace field transition.

2063

Dr. Zefram Cochrane's experimental fusion-powered warp ship, Phoenix, makes first flight.

2064

United Earth Space Probe Agency (UESPA) is founded.

2094

Argus, the first planetary subspace transmitter, is built on Earth.

2139

The Richardson-Tachikawa method of producing antimatter is developed.

2145

BISON class transports are introduced by the United States Rocket and Spacecraft Corporation.

2146

UES BAIKAL (BISON class, ACR-1) is the first starship launched with a mobile subspace communications system.

2147

Colossus, the first matter/antimatter (M/AM) reactor goes online at Argyre Planitia, Mars.

2151

United Earth Space Probe Agency is merged with the United Earth Star Fleet to form the United Earth Stellar Navy (UESN).

2152

The SSWR-IA M/AM reactor is certified for use aboard ships. AMARILLO class cruiser enters service.

2154

PIONEER class heavy cruiser enters service. (February)

ARCHER class system patrol cruiser enters service. (July)

LITTLE NELL makes the first M/AM warp flight. (September)

2156

The Earth-Romulan War begins with the Romulan ambush of a UESN task force at Station Salem One. (March)

LITTLE NELL is destroyed in an accident on its 10th test flight. (April)

LITTLE NELL II launches with a SSWR-IIA reactor. (October)

2157

KRECHET class cruiser enters service. (April)

TANNHÄUSER class heavy cruiser enters service. (May)

The UESN destroys a Romulan invasion fleet at the Battle of Hell's Gate. (October)

Experimental cruisers UES FIREBALL (XL-5) and UES ROCKET (XL-6) begin testing. (December)

2158

MINOTAUR class fighter enters service. (January)

TORSK class escort cruiser enters service. (February)

OLYMPUS MONS class transport and REID FLEMING class deuterium tanker enter service. (March)

FARRAGUT class fleet monitor enters service. (May)

YORKTOWN class carrier enters service. (June)

POWHATAN class escort cruiser enters service. (July)

CURRAN class system patrol cruiser enters service. (August)

COMET class light cruiser enters service. (October)

Romulan CHOWDER class cruiser enters service. (December)

2159

CONQUEROR class heavy cruiser enters service. (April)

UES OGUMA (KRECHET class, CCM-8) is lost on a deep-range scouting mission.

2160

Romulan CLAVICLE class enters service. (April)

The UESN destroys most of the Romulan fleet at the Battle of Cheron. (August)

DAEDALUS class exploratory cruiser enters service. (August)

The Earth-Romulan War ends. (September)

2161

The United Federation of Planets is founded at the Babel Conference, with the newly formed Starfleet as its primary interstellar naval force.

UES DAEDALUS is recommissioned as USS DAEDALUS (NCC-150), the first starship to join Starfleet.

PIONEER class, AMARILLO class, ARCHER class, FARRAGUT class, and TORSK class retired.

2162

Klingon D2 class cruiser enters service.

2163

TANNHÄUSER class retired.

2165

YORKTOWN class retired.

UES FIREBALL and UES ROCKET transferred to Starfleet.

USS LINCOLN (DAEDALUS class, NCC-182) destroyed by warp core breach.

2167-68

DAEDALUS class cruisers USS ESSEX (NCC-173), USS SHENANDOAH (NCC-186), USS HORIZON (NCC-176), and USS ARCHON (NCC-189) are lost in a six-month period.

2174

WASP class cruiser enters service.

2175

CONQUEROR class and CURRAN class retired.

Romulan CATARACT class enters service.

2179

MOSKVA class cruiser enters service.

2183

Klingon D3 class cruiser enters service.

WASP class withdrawn from front-line service.

2184

GAGARIN class light cruiser enters service.

2185

POWHATAN class retired.

Transtator invented by Daniela Vukovic and Mareechi Govindarajan.

2192

COMET class retired.

Development of the proposed CHEYENNE class light cruiser rejected by the Federation Council.

2193

USS FIREBALL and USS ROCKET retired.

2194

HYPERION class exploratory cruiser enters service.

2196

DAEDALUS class retired.

PARIS class light cruiser enters service.

2201

Romulan CRACKER class cruiser enters service.

2203

PUFFIN class attack fighter enters service.

2204

ASIA class light cruiser enters service.

2205

LANCASTER class cruiser enters service.

2206

First successful ship-to-surface transport of a human takes place on USS MOSKVA (MOSKVA class, NCC-374).

2207

Klingon D4 class cruiser enters service.

SWORDFISH class carrier enters service.

2208

LANCASTER class USS WOLFE (NCC-1217) disables or destroys six Kzinti vessels in Korrok System.

2214

Photon torpedoes successfully fired from USS GATO (MOSKVA class, NCC-387).

2215

MOSKVA class withdrawn from front-line service.

QUETZALCOATL class semidreadnought enters service.

2217

USS VALIANT (LANCASTER class, NCC-1223) lost at Eminiar VII.

2218

USS TRITON (HYPERION class, NCC-866) makes official first contact with the Klingon Empire.

2219

USS KORYU (LANCASTER class, NCC-1239) defends Aeolius VII colony against Klingon attack.

2220

WASP class retired.

2221

Starfleet Command issues directive calling for development of more light cruisers, destroyers, and scouts.

2222

ARYABHATTA class exploratory cruiser enters service.

2223

KESTREL class light cruiser enters service.

LANCASTER class starships USS PHANTOM (NCC-1256) and USS SINGAPORE (NCC-1249) capture Klingon base on Verruca II.

2224

A transporter accident kills 127 Starfleet Marines at Homunculus XX.

Klingon D5 class cruiser enters service.

Dr. Helene Tarkington develops the HT-1, the first small-scale M/AM reactor.

2225

Romulan CAPSIZE class cruiser enters service.

Combined fleet exercises are conducted at Wolf 359.

2226

GAGARIN class withdrawn from front-line service.

Federation colony on Slavin H-3 is defended from Kzinti attack by KESTREL class cruisers USS CAUDIPTYREX (NCC-1411) and USS GOSHAWK (NCC-1423).

2227

VALLEY FORGE class cruiser enters service.

2229

HYPERION class retired.

2230

BELLEAU WOOD class assault transport enters service.

PENGUIN class attack fighter enters service.

2231

A test of the Kaminari phaser weapon at Pluto/Charon Starfleet Weapons Range kills 32 and destroys testbed starship ex-USS WHITTLE (LANCASTER class, NCC-1227).

AL-BURAK class carrier enters service.

2232

Battle of Lisyk VIII.

2233

PARIS class withdrawn from front-line service.

2235

SIEGFRIED class dreadnought enters service.

2236

The Federation and Starfleet celebrate their 75th anniversaries. A new class of "supercruiser" is proposed, which will eventually become the CONSTITUTION class starship.

2237

Combined fleet exercises are conducted at Wolf 359.

2238

The New Venice colony is evacuated by BELLEAU WOOD class starships.

2239

Battle of Caleb IV.

USS AELITA (VALLEY FORGE class, NCC-1480) intervenes in mining dispute in the Ptomaine System.

2241

Klingon D6 class cruiser enters service.

Battle of Dantooine.

SWORDFISH class retired.

PYOTR VELIKIY class heavy cruiser enters service.

The CONSTITUTION class development project undergoes major reorganization. Commodore Robert April assumes command of the project.

2242

Eight SIEGFRIED class dreadnoughts are refitted as standard heavy cruisers.

2243

Duotronic computer systems are introduced on VALLEY FORGE class starships.

Battle of Corf I.

2244

The Klingon Empire launches an attempted invasion of the Federation that is driven back at the battles of Donatu V and Tassem-Loki III.

SIEGFRIED class starships USS PERSEUS (NCC-1592) and USS MUSASHI (NCC-1600) destroy a Klingon battle station in the Ganatil System.

2245

CONSTITUTION class cruiser enters service.

2247

MOSKVA class retired.

Klingon Chancellor K'tok bans attempts to expand into Federation space.

Rogue Klingon houses attack the Federation at Ginax and Middlefinger.

2249

Treaty of Korvat establishes borders and diplomatic relations between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.

Federation begins campaign to limit Klingon access to mineral resources.

2250

Battle of Axanar.

Klingon D7 class cruiser enters service.

Starfleet Command issues directive establishing proactive defense policy.

2252

AVENGER class destroyer enters service.

PREDATOR class destroyer enters service.

QUETZALCOATL class retired.

2255

Battle of Theta Pegasi II.

2256

VALLEY FORGE class starships USS DIANA (NCC-1470), USS BOXER (NCC-1498), and USS DOLPHIN (NCC-1504) hunt Orion pirates near the "Elbow of Böotes."

Klingon Chancellor K'tok is assassinated, leading to 2-month civil war.

2257

Klingon Empire withdraws from Treaty of Korvat.

Federation escalates campaign to limit Klingon access to mineral resources.

2261

The Filassh-B III colony is evacuated by BELLEAU WOOD class starships.

PARIS class retired.

2262

Four ASIA class starships receive major refit and upgrade.

The Klingon and Romulan Empires sign a treaty under which Klingon D7 class cruisers and M/AM reactor technology are exchanged for Romulan raw materials and cloaking technology.

2263

Klingon E-12 class destroyer enters service.

Starfleet uncovers a conspiracy to instigate a war with the Klingon Empire.

2264

LANCASTER class retired.

ARYABHATTA class retired.

2265

Romulan CRICKET class enters service.

2266

The Romulan Star Empire emerges from isolation, following a raid across the Neutral Zone by a single CRICKET class "Bird of Prey" the incursion was defeated by USS ENTERPRISE (CONSTITUTION class, NCC-1701).

USS GODDARD (GAGARIN class, NCC-526) decommissioned after a training accident that kills 7 cadets.

Starfleet holds war games at Wolf 359.

2267

The Four Days' War begins; the conflict is ended by Organian intervention four days later.

GAGARIN class retired.

USS CONSTELLATION (CONSTITUTION class, NCC-1710) destroyed in an attack by an unknown "planet killer" device.

The crew of USS EXETER (CONSTITUTION class, NCC-1706) is killed by a virus native to Omega VI.

USS INTREPID (CONSTITUTION class, NCC-1708) destroyed by an enormous single-celled, space-borne organism.

2268

Starfleet tests of the experimental M-5 multitronic computer end in disaster. USS EXCALIBUR (CONSTITUTION class, NCC-1705) and USS LEXINGTON (CONSTITUTION class, NCC-1709) severely damaged in the incident.

Starfleet obtains an example of the Romulan cloaking device in a classified cross-border intelligence raid.

USS DEFIANT (CONSTITUTION class, NCC-1717) disappears into interdimensional rift near Tholian space.

2269

AL-BURAK class retired.

2271-73

CONSTITUTION class starships receive major refit and upgrade; USS ENTERPRISE (NCC-1701) is first starship relaunched.

2274

ENTERPRISE class heavy cruiser enters service.

2276

BELLEAU WOOD class retired.

CAPELLA class retired.

2277

AVENGER class and PREDATOR class starships receive major refits and upgrades.

2284

SIEGFRIED class retired.

2285

USS ENTERPRISE (CONSTITUTION class, NCC-1701) scuttled by Admiral Kirk at the Genesis Planet.

2286

KESTREL class retired.

2287

VALLEY FORGE class retired.

ASIA class retired.

2289

Starfleet Intelligence and Starfleet Tactical each commission projects to develop advanced warships for deep penetration of enemy territory.

2293

Klingon Chancellor Gorkon is assassinated.

The Khitomer Conference ends hostilities between the Klingon Empire and the Federation.

IKS T'KEK (D7 class) is presented to the Starfleet Museum by the supreme admiral of the Klingon Imperial Fleet, in commemoration of the Khitomer Accords.

USS ENTERPRISE (ENTERPRISE class, NCC-1701-A) is decommissioned and presented to the Starfleet Museum.

2296

FURIOUS class light cruiser enters service.

2297

SPECTRE class destroyer enters service.

2302

AVENGER class and PREDATOR class retired.

2307

FURIOUS class starships rescue the embassy staff on Jacarrh II.

2311

The Tomed Incident.

2312

PYOTR VELIKIY class retired.

2327

FURIOUS class ships USS AUDACIOUS (NCC-2378), USS SWIFTSURE (NCC-2381), and USS INDOMITABLE (NCC-2394) involved in incident at Cardassian border.

2330

SPECTRE class retired.

2334

CONSTITUTION class retired.

2351

Starfleet confirms existence of the SPECTRE class.

FURIOUS class retired.

Last modified: 08.09.08