USS Farragut (Excelsior class)

The USS Farragut was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet that was regularly stationed at Deep Space 9.
== History ==
The Farragut, along with the and , were stationed there in late 2373. ()
These same ships, as well as a starship, were stationed at or near Deep Space 9 following Operation Return in 2374. () 
The Farragut, Defiant, and Yeager were again, all stationed at Deep Space 9 in late 2374. ()
It returned to DS9 early one morning in 2375, carrying the supposed "Admiral" Patrick and "his staff", and Lauren, all of whom were in fact genetically-engineered savants, who had traveled there from "the Institute" to see Doctor Julian Bashir. ()
Still that year it visited five more times. () During one of those visits, it was the transport that Nog arrived aboard following his rehabilitation on Starbase 235. ()
File:USS Defiant, Yeager, Excelsior and Nebula at DS9.jpg
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File:USS Defiant, Yeager, Excelsior, and Nash at DS9.jpg
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=== Background information ===
This Farragut was identified in dialogue in "Chrysalis" – specifically, "Admiral Patrick and his staff just arrived on the Farragut" – in scenes immediately preceding the script note that pointedly indicated that there is "A Starship docked at a pylon." According to the first draft of the script, this was the . 
This observation was also confirmed by the ; furthermore, the authors speculated that this Farragut was an older ship which was retired, then re-commissioned after the destruction of the .
All additional appearances, outside of "Chrysalis", are based on the use of stock footage.
=== Apocrypha ===
The ization of stated that the Farragut was the personal flagship of Vice Admiral William Ross during the Battle of Cardassia.
The RPG sourcebook gives this ship's registry as NCC-2582.
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