Ganges (class)

Facts

• Survey vessel
  • 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
• 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

Known ships

NX-class

Name	Registry	Service Begin	Service End
USS Ganges		2147
USS Eberswalde