The USS Peterson was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet.
Anaanda Ziff was assigned on stardate 44878.2 to this ship, which was named in her personnel file. (TNG: "Eye of the Beholder")
This starship was only mentioned in writing.
This starship was listed with other real starships in the ship list from the Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 2, p. 332.