The Bradbury-class was a class of Federation transport ships developed during the latter half of the 24th century.
During the 2360s, the USS Bradbury was still undergoing warp drive performance tests and serving as a transport to Earth from Betazed in late 2366. (TNG: "Ménage à Troi", "Brothers", "Chain Of Command, Part I" production art)
Ships commissioned[]
- USS Bradbury (NX-72307)
Appendices[]
Background information[]
The Bradbury-class was first named in the chart Starfleet Operations - Sectors 21166-23079 in "Brothers". According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., p. 53 the Bradbury was named for s-f/fantasy writer, Ray Bradbury, a friend of the late Gene Roddenberry.
Apocrypha[]
The unused USS Voyager design concept
A ship description was mentioned in the supplements to the Last Unicorn Games role-playing games, which refer to this vessel as being a 335-meter-long heavy frigate in service from 2362, with ten decks, and describes it as being similar to the unfilmed Intrepid-class prototype designed during pre-production of Star Trek: Voyager.
External link[]
- Bradbury class at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works