USS Bozeman The USS " Bozeman " ( NCC - 1941 ) was a 23rd century Federation starship operated by Starfleet . After a lapse of 90 years , the " Bozeman " was recovered by Starfleet . In 2278 , this starship was commanded by Captain Morgan Bateson . In that year , three weeks out of starbase , the " Bozeman " encountered a temporal distortion where it remained trapped until the year 2368 . There , in an area of space known as the Typhon Expanse , the " Bozeman " encountered the , with which it collided , causing the " Enterprise " to explode . The explosion , being in such close proximity to the temporal distortion , ruptured the spacetime continuum , trapping both vessels in a temporal causality loop , wherein the " Bozeman " continually encountered the " Enterprise " , and the latter ship was destroyed . Eventually , the crew of the " Enterprise " was able to realize what was happening and avoid the collision , freeing both vessels from the loop . ( ) " In an alternate timeline caused by an anti - time anomaly , the " Bozeman " was one of the ships sent to investigate the anomaly in the Devron system of the Romulan Neutral Zone . " ( ) The " Bozeman " was forced to make a course correction as a result of gravitational effects of the Amargosa star ' s destruction by Dr . Tolian Soran in 2371 . ( ) In 2373 , the " Bozeman " was part of the fleet fighting a Borg cube during the Battle of Sector 001 . The " Bozeman " fought alongside the as part of a mobile unit . ( ) Appendices . Background information . According to the , the " Bozeman " was " " named for the city of Bozeman , Montana , hometown of " Cause and Effect " writer Brannon Braga , who also co - wrote , " " , and . The registry number was a homage to ' s movie , for which " Star Trek " model maker Greg Jein provided miniatures . " " In the first draft script of , it was stated that Tuvok served aboard the " Bozeman " . This was changed to the by the time the final draft of the installment ' s teleplay was issued . Apocrypha . The novel " Ship of the Line " stated that the " Bozeman " was retired in 2371 and became a museum ship permanently docked at Starbase 12 . In 2372 , Starfleet launched the destroyer constructed and staffed by the crew of the original " Bozeman " . According to the novel , it was this ship that fought in the " First Contact " battle . However , " Ship of the Line " may contradict " Cause and Effect " in some details , such as portraying the " Bozeman " with an all - male bridge crew ( two female officers could be seen on the viewscreen in " Cause and Effect " ) and claiming that the Typhon Expanse was a regularly patrolled region of space located near the Federation - Klingon border , rather than an uncharted region as in the episode . However , it was also possible that the two female officers seen on the bridge were not members of the primary bridge crew . It was also worth noting that most of Federation space remained " uncharted " ( that is , unstudied in scientific detail ) . Nonetheless , many of these unexplored systems were regularly patrolled as they laid within tactically significant areas of space ( i . e . , the edge of the Neutral Zone , the Tholian border sectors , etc . ) . The second " Bozeman " was identified as a starship in the SCE novel " The Future Begins " . Another reference to a latter - day USS " Bozeman " was found in Decipher ' s downloadable role - playing game adventure " Perdition ' s Flames " in which the " Bozeman " was , an escort registered as NCC - 75032 under the command of Captain Gabriel Bush , former " Bozeman " first officer . No other info was available other than it was a part of Starfleet Task Force 901 along with an USS " Nelson " ( NCC - 74981 ) and the . While the registry of this second " Bozeman " conflicted with the one mentioned in " Ship of the Line " , it seemed they were meant to represent the same vessel .