Patapsco was converted into a fishing trawler after its naval service and renamed Arctic Storm. Taiwan decommissioned the last one, ROCS Chang Pei (AOG-517), in 2005. service were decommissioned in July 1975. Some were transferred to the Greek Navy and Taiwan. Various ships in the class served from World War II through the Vietnam War in various campaigns. Propulsion įour 980 shaft horsepower (730 kW) Cleveland Diesel Engine Division 12-278A diesel-electric engines, single main reduction gears, two propellers, for a total 3,300 shp (2,500 kW). Many were built as Maritime Commission type T1-MT-M1 tanker hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Cargill, Inc., Savage, Minnesota. Laid up in the Reserve Fleet Recommissioned, 12 October 1950, at Norfolk, VA. They served through the Korean War and several served in foreign navies. Commissioned USS Rio Grande (AOG-3), 10 April 1943. The class consisted of 23 tankers, designated AOG-1 through AOG-11, and AOG-48 to AOG-59. The Patapsco class of gasoline tankers were a class of tankers built for the United States Navy during World War II. Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporationġ in commercial service as a fishing vesselĤ × Cleveland Diesel 12-278A diesel-electric engines, twin shafts, 3,300 hp (2,461 kW).The Mekong was originally referenced in the script of " The Sword of Kahless", but its name was replaced as the USS Rio Grande in the completed episode. 33), the Mekong was destroyed in the aftermath of the battle in 2371. 332), NCC-72917 was changed in the chart to NCC-72617.Īlso according to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 296, 473) In the latest Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. The Encyclopedia also noted that the ship was named after the eponymous river in southeast Asia that flows south to the China Sea. The registry was seen briefly, yet not clearly, in an okudagram in " Whispers". The Star Trek Encyclopedia listed two registries for this runabout: NCC-72617 in the main entry and NCC-72917 in the starship chart. Not long after the loss of the Mekong, Deep Space 9 was assigned a new runabout, the USS Rubicon. At the time, the Mekong's warp drive and shields were offline, and main power was failing. Rio Grande, assigned to space station Deep Space Nine in the Alpha Quadrant, is beaming a greeting to Earth. The Mekong was abandoned after Odo and Garak, attempting to escape the Battle of the Omarion Nebula, were beamed aboard the USS Defiant. The runabout was then carried into the Gamma Quadrant. ( DS9: " Improbable Cause") They located him, but were subsequently captured by the warbird commanded by Lovok and Tain, and sequestered in the warbird's shuttlebay on "E" Deck, Section 25. Later in the same year, Odo and Elim Garak took the Mekong to the Unefra system in search of Enabran Tain. They pursued the attacking ship in the Mekong but due to prevailing conditions, the pursuit took them down to the surface of a moon with an atmosphere that was impenetrable to the runabout's sensors. In 2371, returning from consultations at Prophet's Landing, Major Kira Nerys and Odo detected a Maquis attack in progress. In late-2370, the Mekong was fitted with additional photon torpedoes and accompanied the USS Odyssey into the Gamma Quadrant in an attempt to rescue Commander Benjamin Sisko, then a prisoner of the Dominion. Piloted by Commander Benjamin Sisko and Lieutenant Jadzia Dax it discovered the. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 1: The Ships of Starfleet) In 2369, it was assigned to Deep Space 9. The Rio Grande was one of the first five Danube runabouts to enter service with Starfleet. Later in the same year, the Mekong, the Rio Grande, and the USS Orinoco fought two Maquis ships in an attack at the Bryma Colony. The USS Rio Grande (NCC-72452) was a Federation Danube-class runabout in service to Starfleet in the late 24th century. The runabout's starboard nacelle snagged a piece of what was first referred to as " subspace seaweed" but was later discovered to be a protouniverse. During the flight, the runabout ran through a subspace interphase pocket. Lieutenant Jadzia Dax takes a Trill initiate Arjin on a trip through the wormhole and back in the Mekong. and each ship has its own registry number. In 2370, the Mekong pursued the USS Rio Grande which was being piloted by a replicant of Miles O'Brien created by the Paradan Government. Starfleet Runabouts are actually small starships, not shuttlecraft. This ship, a replacement for the USS Ganges, was assigned to Deep Space 9. The USS Mekong was a 24th century Federation Danube-class runabout operated by Starfleet.
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