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The USS Yamato (NCC-1305-E/NCC-71807) was a 24th century Federation Galaxy-class starship operated by Starfleet. She was a sister ship of the USS Enterprise-D.

History

File:DonaldVarley.jpg

Captain Varley on the Yamato bridge

In the early 2360s, the USS Yamato, along with her sister ship USS Enterprise, was being constructed at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. During the construction phase, Design Engineer Leah Brahms supervised the implementation of improved subspace field generators onto both starships. (TNG: "Booby Trap", okudagram)

In early 2365, an unmanned reproduction of the USS Yamato was created by the entity known as Nagilum inside a "hole in space". The reproduction had corridor walls made out of a material similar to tritanium and was created to study the reactions of the Enterprise-D crew. The real USS Yamato was at the time located in another quadrant of space away from the "hole in space" that appeared en route to the Morgana Quadrant from the Rachelis system. Lieutenant Worf and Commander Riker investigated the reproduction before it was erased by Nagilum. (TNG: "Where Silence Has Lease")

Later that year, Captain Richard McKenzie was the commanding officer of the Yamato. The real USS Yamato was assigned to patrol the Neutral Zone in Sector 134. The Yamato was listed on a Starship Deploy Status chart in the courtroom of Starbase 173. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man", okudagram)

In a very short time, the command of the Yamato was transferred to Captain Donald Varley. He conducted an archeological dig on Denius III. A device of Iconian origin was discovered and found to contain a historical star chart with the location of Iconia. Captain Varley decided to take immediate preemptive action and took the Yamato into the Romulan Neutral Zone to locate Iconia, before it was discovered by the Romulans. In the Neutral Zone, the Yamato played hide and seek through several star systems and successfully eluded a Romulan cruiser tracking them.

USS Yamato explodes — The *Yamato* explodes

After arriving to Iconia, the Yamato received an Iconian software transmission and was unable to continue the investigation due to random system failures, later on discovered to have been caused by the software. An engineering team of 18 personnel were killed when the force field in a shuttlebay was shut down. The Yamato left Iconia to rendezvous with the Enterprise-D to solve the malfunctions and convince Captain Jean-Luc Picard to continue with the exploration of Iconia. The IRW Haakona under cloak detected the Yamato and copied its log transmissions to the Enterprise-D, while it was traveling to the rendezvous.

After the Yamato had arrived closer to the Federation side of the Neutral Zone, a position twelve hours and sixteen minutes away from Iconia at warp 8, the Iconian software caused an antimatter containment failure. The magnetic seals around the dilithium chamber collapsed, and the computer initiated the emergency release system to dump the Yamato's supply of antimatter. However, the program caused the release to halt with antimatter remaining within the ship, resulting in a warp core breach. While the saucer section was thrown free of the breach, the hull disintegrated, exposing all its decks to space. The Yamato was lost with all hands. (TNG: "Contagion")

Personnel

See: USS Yamato personnel

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Appendices

Background information

The name Yamato was pronounced Ya-ma-to. According to Star Trek Encyclopedia, the Yamato was named after the battleship Yamato, which served as flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. ^{(citation needed • edit)} According to technical illustrator and modeler Rick Sternbach, the name was not a reference to the Japanese anime series Space Battleship Yamato (or Star Blazers in North America), even though he and several other members of the production staff are fans of Japanese animation. Sternbach stated at AnimeCon 1991 that the TNG writers had independently coined the ship's name without his input and he doubts that the writers were aware of the anime connection.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual states that during the ship's construction, the starboard pylon phaser array was exchanged for one from the Yamato's sister ship USS Enterprise-D in 2355 for better operational fit. It was also stated that the next ship in the production line after the USS Galaxy was the USS Yamato. (Though this was before the episode "Timeless" introduced the USS Challenger, with a lower registry number of NCC-71099).

According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, the following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Yamato. Presumably the plaque was made for "Contagion", however it was not seen on screen in the episode. In "Where Silence Has Lease", the dedication plaque of Nagilum's recreation of the Yamato was seen, but it was only a reuse of the Enterprise-D plaque. In the remastered version of the episode the plaque was blurred in post production to hide the fact.

Ship	Class	Motto
USS Yamato	Galaxy	"I have sworn eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man" - Thomas Jefferson

Registry

Starship deploy status 1 — The *Yamato* listed on a chart with the registry NCC-24383

↑ The Yamato's registry was identified by dialog in "Where Silence Has Lease" by Riker who visually identified it from the hull of Nagilum's reproduction and stated it to be "NCC-1305-E". When the Yamato was listed on a Starship Deploy Status in "The Measure Of A Man", the starship had the registry "NCC-24383". However, with its later appearance in "Contagion", several computer screens, schematics and captain's logs identified the registry as "NCC-71807". In the exploding saucer section model from "Contagion" the registry was "NCC-71806" instead of "NCC-71807". While "NCC-71806" and "NCC-24383" can be clearly seen in the remastered high-definition versions of the episodes, they are not as prominent as the registries mentioned in dialog and the computer screen graphics from "Contagion".

According to Star Trek Encyclopedia (3ed. p.569), the initial NCC-1305-E registry number was a production mistake. It was given to the Yamato by the episode writer Jack B. Sowards who was unaware of the registry numbering scheme developed for Star Trek: The Next Generation. Michael Okuda had intended to correct the number, as he had already finished the decals for the saucer section of the model for "Contagion", but as the scene was removed from an intermediate draft, he dropped the issue, only to find out the scene had been re-added later on to the final draft, which Okuda realized after the episode had aired.

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-The '''USS ''Yamato'' (NCC-1305-E/NCC-71807)''' was a {{ShipClass|Galaxy}} [[Federation]] [[starship]] that was in service with [[Starfleet]] in the mid-[[24th century]]. She was the sister ship of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}.
+The '''USS ''Yamato'' ([[NCC]]-1305-E/NCC-71807)''' was a [[24th century]] [[Federation]] {{Class|Galaxy}} [[starship]] operated by [[Starfleet]]. She was a [[sister ship]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}.
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 == History ==
 [[File:DonaldVarley.jpg|thumb|left|Captain Varley on the ''Yamato'' bridge]]
+In the early [[2360s]], the USS ''Yamato'', along with her sister ship {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D}}, was being constructed at the [[Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards]]. During the construction phase, [[Design Engineer]] [[Leah Brahms]] supervised the implementation of improved [[subspace field generator]]s onto both starships. ({{TNG|Booby Trap}}, ''[[okudagram]]'')
-In early [[2365]], an unmanned reproduction of the USS ''Yamato'' was created by the entity known as [[Nagilum]] inside a "[[hole in space]]". The reproduction had corridor walls made out of a material similar to [[tritanium]] and was created to study the reactions of the ''Enterprise''-D crew. The real USS ''Yamato'' was at the time located in another quadrant of space away from the "hole in space" that appeared en route to the [[Morgana Quadrant]] from the [[Rachelis system]]. [[Lieutenant]] [[Worf]] and [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] investigated the reproduction before it was erased by Nagilum. ({{TNG|Where Silence Has Lease}})
+In early [[2365]], an unmanned [[Illusory starships|reproduction]] of the USS ''Yamato'' was created by the entity known as [[Nagilum]] inside a "[[hole in space]]". The reproduction had corridor walls made out of a material similar to [[tritanium]] and was created to study the reactions of the ''Enterprise''-D crew. The real USS ''Yamato'' was at the time located in another quadrant of space away from the "hole in space" that appeared en route to the [[Morgana Quadrant]] from the [[Rachelis system]]. [[Lieutenant]] [[Worf]] and [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] investigated the reproduction before it was erased by Nagilum. ({{TNG|Where Silence Has Lease}})
-Later that year, under the [[commander|command]] of [[Captain]] [[Richard McKenzie (Captain)|Richard McKenzie]], the real USS ''Yamato'' patrolled the [[Romulan Neutral Zone|Neutral Zone]] in [[Sector 134]]. ({{TNG|The Measure Of A Man}}, ''display graphic'')
+Later that year, [[Captain]] [[Richard McKenzie (Captain)|Richard McKenzie]] was the [[commanding officer]] of the ''Yamato''. The real USS ''Yamato'' was assigned to patrol the [[Romulan Neutral Zone|Neutral Zone]] in [[Sector 134]]. The ''Yamato'' was listed on a [[Starship Deploy Status]] chart in the [[courtroom]] of [[Starbase 173]]. ({{TNG|The Measure Of A Man}}, ''okudagram'')
-Prior to [[stardate]] 41591.1, the ''Yamato'' became the command of [[Captain]] [[Donald Varley]]. He conducted an archeological dig on [[Denius III]]. A device of [[Iconian]] origin was discovered and found to contain a historical [[star chart]] with the location of [[Iconia]]. Captain Varley decided to take immediate preemptive action and took the ''Yamato'' into the [[Romulan Neutral Zone]] to locate [[Iconia]], before it was discovered by the [[Romulan]]s. In the Neutral Zone, the ''Yamato'' played [[hide and seek]] through several [[star system]]s and successfully eluded a [[Romulan cruiser]] tracking them.
+In a very short time, the command of the ''Yamato'' was transferred to [[Captain]] [[Donald Varley]]. He conducted an archeological dig on [[Denius III]]. A device of [[Iconian]] origin was discovered and found to contain a historical [[star chart]] with the location of [[Iconia]]. Captain Varley decided to take immediate preemptive action and took the ''Yamato'' into the [[Romulan Neutral Zone]] to locate [[Iconia]], before it was discovered by the [[Romulan]]s. In the Neutral Zone, the ''Yamato'' played [[hide and seek]] through several [[star system]]s and successfully eluded a [[Romulan cruiser]] tracking them.
 [[File:USS Yamato explodes.jpg|thumb|The ''Yamato'' explodes]]
-After arriving to Iconia, the ''Yamato'' received an [[Iconian software transmission]] and was unable to continue the investigation due to random system failures, later on discovered to have been caused by the software. An engineering team of 18 was killed when the the [[force field]] in a [[shuttlebay]] was shut down. The ''Yamato'' left Iconia to rendezvous with the ''Enterprise''-D to solve the malfunctions and convince Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] to continue with the exploration of Iconia. The {{IRW|Haakona}} under [[cloak]] detected the ''Yamato'' and copied its log transmissions to the ''Enterprise''-D, while it was traveling to the rendezvous.
+After arriving to Iconia, the ''Yamato'' received an [[Iconian software transmission]] and was unable to continue the investigation due to random system failures, later on discovered to have been caused by the software. An engineering team of 18 personnel were killed when the [[force field]] in a [[shuttlebay]] was shut down. The ''Yamato'' left Iconia to rendezvous with the ''Enterprise''-D to solve the malfunctions and convince Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] to continue with the exploration of Iconia. The {{IRW|Haakona}} under [[cloak]] detected the ''Yamato'' and copied its log transmissions to the ''Enterprise''-D, while it was traveling to the rendezvous.
-After the ''Yamato'' had arrived closer to the Federation side of the Neutral Zone, a position twelve hours and sixteen minutes away from Iconia at [[warp factor|warp 8]]. The Iconian software caused an [[antimatter containment]] failure. The magnetic seals around the [[dilithium]] chamber collapsed, and the [[computer]] initiated the emergency release system to dump the ''Yamato''{{'}}s supply of [[antimatter]]. However, the program caused the release to halt with antimatter remaining within the ship, resulting in a [[warp core breach]]. While the saucer section was thrown free of the breach, the hull disintegrated, exposing all its decks to space.  The ''Yamato'' was lost with all hands. ({{TNG|Contagion}})
+After the ''Yamato'' had arrived closer to the Federation side of the Neutral Zone, a position twelve hours and sixteen minutes away from Iconia at [[warp factor|warp 8]], the Iconian software caused an [[antimatter containment]] failure. The magnetic seals around the [[dilithium]] chamber collapsed, and the [[computer]] initiated the emergency release system to dump the ''Yamato''{{'}}s supply of [[antimatter]]. However, the program caused the release to halt with antimatter remaining within the ship, resulting in a [[warp core breach]]. While the saucer section was thrown free of the breach, the hull disintegrated, exposing all its decks to space.  The ''Yamato'' was lost with all hands. ({{TNG|Contagion}})
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 == Appendices ==
-=== Related topics ===
-* [[USS Yamato dedication plaque|USS ''Yamato'' dedication plaque]]
 === Background information===
+The name ''Yamato'' was pronounced Ya-ma-to. According to ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'', the ''Yamato'' was named after the battleship {{w|Japanese battleship Yamato|''Yamato''}}, which served as flagship of the {{w|Imperial Japanese Navy}} during World War II. {{incite}} According to technical illustrator and modeler [[Rick Sternbach]], the name was not a reference to the Japanese anime series ''{{w|Space Battleship Yamato}}'' (or ''Star Blazers'' in North America), even though he and several other members of the production staff are fans of Japanese animation. Sternbach [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.arts.startrek.info/browse_thread/thread/ce9ede4e73c2f080/1569ad2829cae743? stated at AnimeCon 1991] that the TNG writers had independently coined the ship's name without his input and he doubts that the writers were aware of the anime connection.
-<div id="R">[[#B|↑]] The ''Yamato''{{'}}s [[registry]] was identified by dialog in "Where Silence Has Lease" by Riker who visually identified it from the hull of Nagilum's reproduction and stated it to be "NCC-1305-E". When the ''Yamato'' was listed on a [[Starship Deploy Status]] in "The Measure Of A Man", the starship had the registry "NCC-24383". However, with its later appearance in "Contagion", several [[Okudagram|computer screens]], [[schematic]]s and [[captain's log]]s identified the registry as "NCC-71807". In the exploding saucer section model from "Contagion" the registry was "NCC-71806" instead of "NCC-71807". While "NCC-71806" and "NCC-24383" can be clearly seen in the remastered high-definition versions of the episodes, they are not as prominent as the registries mentioned in dialog and the computer screen graphics from "Contagion".</div>
-According to ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' (3ed. p.569), the initial NCC-1305-E registry number was a production mistake. It was given to the ''Yamato'' by the episode writer [[Jack B. Sowards]] who was unaware of the registry numbering scheme developed for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. [[Michael Okuda]] had intended to correct the number, as he had already finished the decals for the saucer section of the the model for "Contagion", but as the scene was removed from an intermediate draft, he dropped the issue, only to find out the scene had been re-added later on to the final draft, which Okuda realized after the episode had aired.
 ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' states that during the ship's construction, the starboard pylon [[phaser array]] was exchanged for one from the ''Yamato''{{'}}s sister ship USS ''Enterprise''-D in [[2355]] for better operational fit. It was also stated that the next ship in the production line after the {{USS|Galaxy}} was the USS ''Yamato''.  (Though this was before the episode {{e|Timeless}} introduced the {{USS|Challenger|NCC-71099}}, with a lower registry number of NCC-71099).
+According to the ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', the following information was listed on the [[dedication plaque]] of USS ''Yamato''. Presumably the plaque was made for {{e|Contagion}}, however it was not seen on screen in the episode. In {{e|Where Silence Has Lease}}, the dedication plaque of [[Nagilum]]'s recreation of the ''Yamato'' was seen, but it was only a reuse of the [[Enterprise dedication plaque#USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise''-D plaque]]. In the [[remaster]]ed version of the episode the plaque was blurred in post production to hide the fact.
-The name ''Yamato'' is pronounced Ya-ma-to.
+{| class="grey" align="center"
+|-
+! Ship
+! Class
+! Motto
+|-
+| USS ''Yamato''
+| [[Galaxy class|''Galaxy'']]
+| ''"I have sworn eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man"''
+:- ''[[Thomas Jefferson]]''
+|}
+====Registry====
+[[File:Starship deploy status 1.jpg|thumb|The ''Yamato'' listed on a chart with the registry NCC-24383]]
+<div id="R">[[#B|↑]] The ''Yamato''{{'}}s [[registry]] was identified by dialog in "Where Silence Has Lease" by Riker who visually identified it from the hull of Nagilum's reproduction and stated it to be "NCC-1305-E". When the ''Yamato'' was listed on a Starship Deploy Status in "The Measure Of A Man", the starship had the registry "NCC-24383". However, with its later appearance in "Contagion", several computer screens, [[schematic]]s and [[captain's log]]s identified the registry as "NCC-71807". In the exploding saucer section model from "Contagion" the registry was "NCC-71806" instead of "NCC-71807". While "NCC-71806" and "NCC-24383" can be clearly seen in the remastered high-definition versions of the episodes, they are not as prominent as the registries mentioned in dialog and the computer screen graphics from "Contagion".</div>
+According to ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' (3ed. p.569), the initial NCC-1305-E registry number was a production mistake. It was given to the ''Yamato'' by the episode writer [[Jack B. Sowards]] who was unaware of the registry numbering scheme developed for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. [[Michael Okuda]] had intended to correct the number, as he had already finished the decals for the saucer section of the model for "Contagion", but as the scene was removed from an intermediate draft, he dropped the issue, only to find out the scene had been re-added later on to the final draft, which Okuda realized after the episode had aired.
-According to ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'', the ''Yamato'' was named after the battleship ''{{w|Yamato}}'', which served as flagship of the {{w|Imperial Japanese Navy}} during World War II. According to technical illustrator and modeler [[Rick Sternbach]], the name was not a reference to the Japanese anime series ''{{w|Space Battleship Yamato}}'' (or ''Star Blazers'' in North America), even though he and several other members of the production staff are fans of Japanese animation. Sternbach [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.arts.startrek.info/browse_thread/thread/ce9ede4e73c2f080/1569ad2829cae743? stated at AnimeCon 1991] that the TNG writers had independently coined the ship's name without his input and he doubts that the writers were aware of the anime connection.
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