USS Yukon

The USS Yukon was a 24th century Federation runabout operated by Starfleet. This runabout was assigned to Deep Space 9.
In 2372, Miles O'Brien and Major Kira Nerys were returning to DS9 aboard the Yukon when they witnessed the detonation of a cloaked Klingon mine. ()
A year later, the Yukon was stolen by a Changeling impersonating . The Changeling killed the runabout's crew and modified it to withstand the heat of the Bajoran sun. The Changeling also equipped the runabout with trilithium, tekasite, and protomatter, ingredients which would destroy the entire Bajoran system. The Yukon was being tractored away by the from the sun when the bomb exploded, destroying the ship. ()
File:USS Yukon approaches Bajoran sun.jpg|The Yukon approaching the Bajoran sun
File:USS Yukon tractored by the Defiant.jpg|The Defiant tractors the Yukon
File:USS Yukon explodes.jpg|USS Yukon is destroyed
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=== Background information ===
The assigned this runabout the registry NCC-74602. The reference work (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 511) noted that it was "named after the river in Northwest Canada and central Alaska, flowing 1,979 miles to the Bering Sea."
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