USS Essex (NCC-173)
Facts
- Name: USS Essex
- Registry: NCC-173
- Class: Daedalus
- Fleet: UESPA, Starfleet
- Launched: 2152
- Initial refit: 2156
- Second refit: 2161
- 2161: Assigned to Starbase 8 operating fleet (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
- c.2166: Transferred to Starbase 12 operating fleet
- Lost: 2167; wreckage discovered by USS Enterprise, 2368 (TNG: "Power Play")
- Vessel caught in electromagnetic storm in orbit of Mab-Bu VI A during attempted prison escape, lost with all hands
Crew
Command crew
- Commanding officer
- 2162 - 2167: Bryce Shumar
- Executive officer
- 2162 - 2165: Caroline Paris
- 2165 - 2167: Steven Mullen
Department heads
- Armory officer
- 2162 - 2165: Ahn Chung-hee
- 2165 - 2167: Morgan Kelly
- Chief medical officer
- - 2165 - : Doctor Mazril
- Chief science officer
- 2162 - 2167: Steven Mullen
Bridge staff
Alpha shift
- Communications officer
- 2162 - 2165 - : Miguel Avila
- Helmsman
- - 2165: NFN Ling