Ganges (class)

Facts

Frigate (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
- Largely assigned to border patrol and medium-range survey missions
History
- Initial designs: 2145
  - Ship design based on redesign of Neptune-class spaceframe, using recently-proven warp 3 engine developed Warp Five Project
- First commissioned: 2147, USS Ganges
  - Registry block reserved 120-129 reserved 2147
- Fleet modernization wave resumes construction 2165 (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
Statistics
- Length: 137m
- Width: 134m
- Height: 22.8m
- Crew: 83
- Cruising speed: Warp 2.5
- Maximum speed: Warp 3
- Armament
  - Original design
    - 2x Plasma cannons
    - Torpedo launcher, 1x forward
      - Mark I Triton-class spatial torpedoes
    - Mark I polarized hull plating
  - 2153 refit
    - 2x Mark I phase cannons (ENT: "The Expanse")
    - Torpedo launcher, 1x forward
      - Mark I photonic torpedoes
    - Mark II polarized hull plating
  - 2165 refit (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)
    - 2x Mark II pulsed phase cannons
    - Torpedo launcher, 1x forward
      - Mark I photonic torpedoes
    - Mark III polarized hull plating
    - Deflector shields

Ganges-class
Name	Registry	Service Begin	Service End
USS Ganges	NCC-120	2147
USS Eberswalde	NCC-124