USS Honshu

The USS Honshu (NCC-60205) was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet.
In 2374, the Honshu was responsible for transporting former Cardassian leader Dukat to stand trial for war crimes at Starbase 621. Captain Benjamin Sisko was also aboard and was scheduled to testify at the trial.
At approximately 1030 hours on the second day of the three day voyage, the ship was intercepted and destroyed by a wing of Cardassian destroyers. At least three of the starship's escape pods and a Type 6 shuttlecraft managed to escape.
The and the were assigned to retrieve survivors. The Defiant recovered at least fifteen survivors, including Sisko. ()
Dukat continued to travel aboard the Honshus stolen shuttlecraft throughout the continuation of the year. ()
== Honshu personnel ==
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=== Background information ===
The Honshu was "named for the of Japan." () 
The interior corridors of the Honshu seen in "Waltz" appeared to be a re-use of the Defiant sets, while the brig was a re-use from , which had previously been seen as Michael Eddington's starbase prison cell seen in as well as the starbase holding cell was bailed out from in . 
The interior of the Type 6 shuttlecraft stolen by Dukat to escape the Honshu was used as a backdrop for his later appearances in and .
The CGI Honshu was the first Nebula-class starship to clearly feature the new gold Starfleet insignia since its introduction on other ships such as the USS Defiant and the , as opposed to the red and white insignia previously seen on Nebula-class ships such as the and the . The insignia can be seen on the warp nacelle pylon in the opening shot of the DS9 6th season episode "Waltz". However, the physical model of the , featured in the later opening credits of Deep Space Nine, already had the newer markings. 
A model of the Honshu was released as part of the Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection.
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