USS Grissom (NCC-42857)
Facts
- Name: USS Grissom (TNG Short Story: "Four Lights")
- Registry: NCC-42857
- Class: Excelsior
- Fleet: Starfleet
- Complement: 1250 (TNG Short Story: "Four Lights"; DS9: "Field of Fire")
- Active by 2365 (DS9: "Field of Fire")
- By October 2373: Testbed deployment for TR-116 Rifle
- As described in Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil; presumptive given Chu'lak's awareness of the weapon per "Field of Fire"
- By October 2373: Testbed deployment for TR-116 Rifle
- Destroyed: April 7, 2375, Ricktor, Dominion War (TNG Short Story: "Four Lights"; DS9: "Field of Fire")
- Lost during Battle of Ricktor Prime; six survivors (TNG Short Story: "Four Lights"; DS9: "Field of Fire")