Changes: USS Merrimac (NCC-1715)

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The USS Merrimac (NCC-1715) was a 23rd century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. It was classified as a cruiser. This was one of two starships known to bear this name; the other was the 24th century Nebula-class USS Merrimac.

In the mid-2270s, the cruiser was mentioned in comm chatter intercepted by the Epsilon IX station. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture; TNG: "Sarek")

Franz Joseph's Star Fleet Technical Manual listed the Merrimac as a Constitution-class heavy cruiser.
The comm transmission of this starship was trimmed from the director's cut.

External link

USS Merrimac (NCC-1715) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-The '''USS ''Merrimac'' (NCC-1715)''' was a [[Federation]] [[starship]] in service during the [[2270s]]. ({{film|1}})
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+|        Name= USS ''Merrimac''
+|          dt= USS ''Merrimac'' (NCC-1715)
+|       Class= [[Cruiser]]
+|    Registry= NCC-1715
+| owner      = {{Federation}}
+| operator   = [[Starfleet]]
+|      Status= Active
+|  Datestatus= 2270s
+}}
+The '''USS ''Merrimac'' ([[NCC]]-1715)''' was a [[23rd century]] [[Federation]] [[starship]] operated by [[Starfleet]]. It was classified as a [[cruiser]]. This was one of two starships known to bear this name; the other was the [[24th century]] {{Class|Nebula}} {{USS|Merrimac|NCC-61827}}.
+In the mid-[[2270s]], the [[cruiser]] was mentioned in comm chatter intercepted by the [[Epsilon IX station]]. ({{film|1}}; {{TNG|Sarek}})
-==Background==
-Although not considered as [[canon]], [[Franz Joseph]]'s ''[[Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual|Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' lists the ''Merrimack'' as a [[Constitution class|''Constitution''-class]] [[starship]]. However, because the ''Technical Manual'' was used for the references in ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'', it is plausible to assume that this ship was indeed of the ''Constitution''-class.
+{{bginfo|[[Franz Joseph]]'s ''[[Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual|Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' listed the ''Merrimac'' as a {{class|Constitution}} [[heavy cruiser]].|The comm transmission of this starship was trimmed from the director's cut.}}
-This starship is not mentioned in the director's cut.
+==External link==
-The name ''Merrimack'' has a confused history in the ''Star Trek'' universe for several reasons. First, several computer displays in the ''Enterprise''-D conference room misspelled as ''Merrimac'' (without the ''k'').
+*{{mbeta|USS Merrimac (NCC-1715)|USS ''Merrimac'' (NCC-1715)}}
-The second confusion is an historical inaccuracy. The United States frigate USS ''Merrimack'' was captured by Confederate forces during the [[American Civil War]], who later rebuilt the ship as one of the first [[Wikipedia:ironclad|ironclad]] warships on Earth. The ship was then re-christened as [[CSS Virginia|CSS ''Virginia'']]. The ''Virginia'' fought in Earth's first naval battle between ironclad warships against the Union warship [[USS Monitor (ironclad)|USS ''Monitor'']]. Therefore, it is erroneous to refer to the battle as between the ''Monitor'' and the ''Merrimack''.
-Confusing matters further, there was even another Civil War-era US warship named USS ''Merrimac'' (spelled without the ''k'')!
-[[Category:Federation starships|Merrimac]]
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+[[fr:USS Merrimac (NCC-1715)]]
+[[Category:Federation starships|Merrimac (01715)]]