The USS Drake was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet.
During the brief Federation-Klingon War in 2373, the Drake and the USS Armstrong were ambushed by a Klingon battle group and both ships suffered heavy casualties before escaping to Deep Space 9. (DS9: "Apocalypse Rising")
According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 2, p. 328, this ship was an Andromeda-class (β) starship, with the registry NCC-70956. It was the successor of the Wambundu-class USS Drake.
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- USS Drake (NCC-70956) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works