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Danube Class
Small Federation starships used for relatively short range interstellar travel. Resembling an enlarged shuttlecraft, the Danube class runabouts have a cockpit that incorporates a short range two person transporter, as well as seating for four people, including a two person flight crew. The aft compartment contains living accomodations, and the mid section was a detachable module that could be replaced for different mission profiles. The first three were commissioned in 2368. Aft of the pilots compartment, in the living accomodations, there is are bunks and a replicator for food processing. The runabouts exterior hull is composed of duranium composites. They are usually named after great rivers.
Starships of the Danube class
Starship Name
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Registry
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Notes
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USS Ganges
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NCC-72454
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A runabout assigned to DS9.
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USS Mekong
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NCC-72917
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Runabout assigned to DS9
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USS Orinoco
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NCC-72905
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Assigned to DS9; destroyed by Cardassian radicals.
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USS Rio Grande
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NCC-72452
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Assigned to DS9.
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USS Rubicon
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NCC-72936
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Assigned to DS9
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USS Volga
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NCC-73196
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Assigned to DS9
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USS Yangtzaa Kiang
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NCC-72453
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Assigned to DS9
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USS Yukon
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NCC-74602
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Assigned to DS9.
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An artists depiction of the Danube class runabout. Another artists depiction of a runabout.
A forward view of the USS Rio Grande.
A top view of the Rio Grande.
A side view of a Danube class starship.
A mission profile of a Danube class refit.
Looking at the Rio Grande from an angle....
View of the Danube class cockpit.
A Danube class on the launch pad at DS9.
Schematics of the Danube class.
