11.3 Coronado and Oriskany Class Shuttlecarriers

CORONADO AND ORISKANY CLASS SHUTTLECARRIERS SERVICE ENTRY DATES (OLD CALENDAR): 2258, 2270

The the Coronado class came about as the result six vessels of of les with shuttlecarrier operations during the Four sons learned Year s War (2246-2250). The design influence of the Santee class, St uilt Class I shuttlecarrier, is arfleet’s first purpose-b were made for the Coronado’s purposeobvious. Major changes ary hull, though. This design was originally called a built second through-deck cruiser due to the through-deck design of its main hangar, with shuttle bays on each end instead of stacked (Santee) or side-by-side (Anton/Surya/Coventry/Miranda). This was unique to the class and gave the Coronado the ability for through-flight shuttle operations.

Changes in Starfleet operational practices over the years since their commissioning also lead to changes in the mission profile for the Coronado class. They were originally intended to serve as convoy escorts as ha d their ancestors, the Santee class. Peacetime found them filling in for cruisers for those missions for which a large number of shuttles were required, such as second-pass planetary surveys and search-and-rescue. Their limited interior spaces prevented their use in support of Marine operations (to which the Coventry and Miranda classes were more suited); however, they often flew as escort on such operations.

All six ships of the Coronado class received linear warp upgrades to the Oriskany configuration in the 2270s. Plans to build 29 more were aut horized, but cancelled shortly thereafter in favor of the Jenshahan class heavy carrier. They began leaving active service in 2286, with the last retired to the Starfleet fleet eserve in 2293. R SPECIFICATIONS (ORISKANY CONFIGURATION):

Length: …………………………………….. 304.8 m Beam: ……………………………………… 141.7 m Draft: …………………….………………… 70.8 m Mass: …………………………………. 197,500 DWT Crew ……… ………………………………….… 98 Range: ……………………………... 20 years at L.Y.V. ed: ………………….………….. warp 8 Cruising spe peed: ………………….………… warp 12 Maximum s Armament: ……...14 phasers (6 banks of 2, 4 banks of 1) 2 photon torpedo tubes

VISUALS:

Oriskany class – Coronado’s linear warp upgrade (c.2275)

SCHEMATIC:

Coronado class shuttlecarrier

Oriskany class linear warp conversion

CORONADO DESIGN BY TODD GUENTHER (STARSTATION AURORA) ORISKANY CONVERSION BY ERIC KRISTIANSEN (JACKILL’S) VISUALS COU RTESY OF MAETEEN GREENWAY AND STARFORCE PRODUCTIONS SCHEMATIC S COURTESY OF RICHARD MANDEL AND NEALE DAVIDSON

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