The Okinawa class was introduced in the 2260s as the answer to smaller ship needs. Several batches of Okinawa class vessels have been produced, bringing the total built to 120.

The Okinawa class starship has 8 decks, summarised as follows:

Deck 1: Main Bridge, Antimatter tanks

Deck 2: Officers lounge, briefing room

Deck 3: Officer quarters, Crew quarters

Deck 4: Sickbay

Deck 5: Transporter room

Deck 6:

Deck 7:

Deck 8: Torpedo bay

Okinawa class starships are smaller than Oberth class ships and are classed as light frigates/ corvettes. They have a token torpedo supply of 10, with more added as the situation demands. These ships act in a scout role and go on short duration missions. The Okinawa class frigates [FF] are also primarily used in a police and patrol role. An officer ranked Lieutenant Commander is usually the Commanding Officer. The mission duration of the Okinawa class, independent from starbases, is two years.

U.S.S. Interceptor was launched on stardate 5002.5 as part of the first batch of Okinawa class frigates. This first batch was later refit in the 2270s to the new revised hull form as seen today. The Okinawa class had become the principal frigate design of the Starfleet and the increasing tension between the Federation on the Klingon and Romulan borders meant that a rapid production of small patrol vessels was necessary. The 2280s batch of Okinawa class construction was a direct was a direct result of this need.

U.S.S. Okinawa, class doyen NCC-150, was destroyed during a classified encounter. Subsequently Excelsior class NCC 13958 was named Okinawa in tribute to the sacrifice of the small ship. The Okinawa class vessels were built in the smaller Starfleet construction yards. Clyde Yards, Hamburg Yards, Lorient Yards, Baikonur Yards and the famous Oakland Shipyards were amongst those which produced these vessels.



The Interceptor has two shuttles:

01 Keen

02 Agile


Table of Okinawa class vessels [list incomplete]

Name	Registry	Notes	Source	Author's Notes
Okinawa	NCC-150	Destroyed	Interplay Games
Interceptor	NCC-300		ST: The Interim Years	"I like it!"
Kirishima	NCC-303		Wicked Zombie	"Anywhere, always there."
Torishima	NCC-304		Wicked Zombie	"Any time, any place."
Tarawa	NCC-305		Gareth9
Achilles	NCC-306		ST:The Interim Years
Decisive	NCC-307		ST:The Interim Years
Rapid	NCC-308		ST:The Interim Years
Wolfhound	NCC-309		ST:The Interim Years
Agile	NCC-310		ST:The Interim Years
Ashanti	NCC-311		ST:The Interim Years
Punjabi	NCC-312		ST:The Interim Years	Tribal class - lost 1 May 1942, rammed by HMS King George V.
Huron	NCC-313		ST:The Interim Years
Nootka	NCC-314		ST:The Interim Years
Bataan	NCC-315		ST:The Interim Years
Watchman	NCC-316		ST:The Interim Years
Haida	NCC-317		ST:The Interim Years	Only surviving Tribal class destroyer.
Gurkha	NCC-318		ST:The Interim Years
Camperdown	NCC-319		ST:The Interim Years

Author's Notes:

Okinawa class is taken from Interplay Games 'Klingon Academy'. The ship also features in Starfleet Command 1 and 2 and also in Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates as the Federation frigate. We 'know' the Okinawa must have been destroyed since a canon Excelsior class ship named Okinawa is about during this timeframe - later Benjamin Sisko of DS9 fame will serve on this ship.

Okinawa is named for the Pacific battleground of the Pacific Campaign in WWII. There are various Okinawa class starships named by fans and I will try to include them here. U.S.S. Interceptor is named both for the excellent, but short-lived game show on Channel 4 in 1989 starring Sean O'Kane in the titular role and it is also named for the ship of the same name in the film "Pirates of the Carribbean". Sean O'Kane is the source of the motto catchphrase for the ship, it being the one he used in the show, along with an eagle screech.



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