History Of The USS Sentinel

Every ship has a history. This is a brief history of all vessels named Sentinel, from the American Civil War, through the early days of space exploration, to the present Federation Starship.

• American Civil War- USS Sentinel (Monitor Class) is destroyed in the Battle Of Chareston by Confederate gunners.
• World War I- HMS Sentinel (Dreadnaught Class) sunk at the Battle Of Jutland by the Imperial German Navy.
• World War II- USS Sentinel (Swordfish Class) successfully completes a tour of duty in the Pacific Theater. She is retired in 1946.
• Cold War- HMS Sentinel (Shefield Class) completes its sevice life without a scratch. She is retired in the year 2000 due to post Cold War budget cuts.
• Third World War (Earth)- USS Sentinel (Seawolf Class) Commander John Moses, Commanding, declared missing in action following the final nuclear strike on the Norfolk Naval Base. The Sentinel was docked there at that time in order to repair damage recieved during an intercept of an enemy naval group.
• 2050-DY-100 Class S.S. Sentinel, Colonel R. Barbella Commanding, declared missing while enroute to Alpha Centauri on a follow up mission.
• Romulan War (Beginning)-NX Class (NX-28, Captain John Townsend Commanding) UES Sentinel's life was generally that of exploration, which she did well. Her last mission involved investigating strange readings from sensor buoys near territory claimed by the Romulan Star Empire. Upon arrival to the sensor line, she encountered hundreds of "Cabage" Class Cruisers heading into Earth controlled space. The ship's captain managed to get out a quick warning transmission before engaging the Romulans. NX Class UES Sentinel destroyed during openning skirmish after 30 minutes of intense combat.
• Romulan War (Halfway to Conclusion)- Conqueror Class UES Sentinel (Captain Eto Tetsuhara Commanding)participates in the final campaigns of the War, helping to bring the Romulan Fleet to defeat at the Batle of Cheron.. After the War, the Sentinel was decommissioned due to the high costs of maintaining the Cruiser.(Image of Conqueror Class furnished by Chris Harris)
• After Romulan War-The next UES Sentinel first started out as a light Cruiser. Ship construction reconfigured at the last minute due to changing fleet requirements. At that time, the emphasis switched from warships, to exploration vessels. The basic hull reconfigured to Deadalus Class Explorer specifications. Commander Jonathan Striker given command first. The ship was later given additional armaments anyway due to increased tensions with ships of the Klingon Empire.
• 2164-Deadalus Class MkII USS Sentinel decommissioned 2164 after a successful life as an Explorer.
• 2207-Lancaster Class USS Sentinel in service. Ninety percent of this ship's career was spent on combat missions against mainly ships of the Klingon Empire. During her life, the Sentinel scored a number of victories against mostly D-4 and D-5 Battle Cruisers, plus one D-6. Commanding Officers included Captain Muhummad Sabah, Captain Wolfgang Scully, and Captain Leto Ward.
• 2245- Lancaster Class USS Sentinel retired from service after a successful life.
• 2250- Constitution Class USS Sentinel in service. Career mainly exploration, but also included combat mission, mainly against Klingon and Romulan vessels. The USS Sentinel also sucessfully broke out of Tholian web. The USS Sentinel was refitted to Enterprise Class specs, and continuted her life in mostly interdiction type missions. Commanding Officers included Captain Joseph Frasier, and Captain Daniel Zabele.
• 2292-Constitution Class USS Sentinel destroyed in incident at the Klingon Neutral Zone while engaging three D-7 K'Tinga Class Battle Cruisers. Two of the D-7's were destroyed.
• 2293-2298-Miranda Class USS Sentinel (Captain John McClanahan Commanding) launched, and given one of the the first attempts to explore unknown space towards the Delta Quadrant. Declared missing on 2298.
• 2300-2346-Excelsior Class USS Sentinel in service. Commanding Officers included Captain Daniel Wells, Captain Cynthia Strol, and Captain Adam Snur. This ship helped strengthen ties with the Klingon Empire by sucessfully intercepting an attack on one of the Empire's smaller colonies along the Romulan Border. Aslo one of the few surviving ships from the Tomed Incident with the Romulans. The rest of this ships life was mainly participating in many "small conflicts" with races including the Tholians, Hirogen, ect...Excelsior Class USS Sentinel decommissioned on 2346.
• 2348-Nebula Class USS Sentinel in service. Captain Vlad Resputin Commanding.Up until the Dominion War, the career of this vessel mainly consisted of successful exploratory and diplomatic missions. Would never fire her weapons in anger until the Dominion War.
• Dominion War-Nebula Class USS Sentinel destroyed at the Second Battle of Deep Space 9. All hands lost.
• 2374-Construction for the Sovereign Class USS Sentinel begins at San Francicso Ship Yards.
• 2376-Basic hull completed. Computer core installed. Tactical systems, and warp core installed.
• 2377-Construction completed. Assigned shakedown team. Propulsion and tactical systems cleared testing. Ablative coating and finishing completed.
• 2378-Transferred to Avalon Ship Yards by shakedown team. Awaited permanent crew. Command of ship given to Ltcdr. Phelan Ward. Commissioned at Starbase 99. A small piece of the last USS Sentinel placed on display case in CO's waiting Room. USS Sentinel assigned to Task Force 93/Cochrane Group. Later transfered to TF 93's Gauss Group.
• 11/19/78-Made the Flag Ship of Task Group Tesla/TF93.
• As part of TF93, the Sentinel engaged in battle, along with other Star Fleet vessels, with the Gorn in the Battle Of Cestus. She contributed to the destruction of one Gorn Dreadnought, and two Gorn Cruisers.
• 2/13/79-Transferred to Task Force 38, made Flag Ship of Task Group Beta.
• 4/79-Assigned as Task Force 38's Provisional Flag Ship.
• 5/79-Made permanent Flag Ship of Task Force 38.