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U.S.S.Patton
Fast Frigate
CLASS SPECIFICATIONS:
---Length Overall:-------------312.5 meters
---Beam Overall:---------------118 meters
---Draft Overall:--------------53.4 meters
---Gross Deadweight Meteric Tonnages (average):---130,000 mt
---Crew Compliment:---------285
---Cruising Velocity: design:---Warp 13
--------prototype:---Warp 9
--------production:---Warp 9.2*
---Maximum Velocity:design:---Warp 18
--------prototype:---Warp 14
--------production:---Warp 9.63*
---Armament: design/prototype:--------16 Phaser Emplacements
--------(6 banks, 4 single)
----------4 Photon Torpedo Tubes
--------production:--------5 Collimator Rings
--------4 Photon Torpedo Tubes
---Warp Drives:design:---two (2) Tandem TLN--2 1st
---Generation Transwarp Units
---prototype:---two (2) Tandem LN-64
---Mod 3 Lineear Warp Drive Units
---production:---two (2) Tandem LN-76
--- 6th Generation Warp Drive Units
---Sublight Drives:design/prototype:---one (1)JW-A Type Unified
---Fusion Impulse Reaction Drive
---production:---one (1) MF-6 Type Unified
---Subspacial Reaction Driver
---Maneuvering Thrusters:design/prototype:---Multi-phase High-Thrust Drivers
---Tandem Mount Control Thrusters
---production:---MP-6 High Thrust Fusion Drivers
---Quad Mount Control Thrusters
Design/Prototype

Production

Historical Development:
When the first rumors of Transwarp were heard it immediately inspired a whole range of new ship designs, among them the Patton Class fast frigate. Although Transwarp turned out to be a bust, the Patton was already ordered. Only the prototype was abuilt and put inot service using the latest of the linear warp engine designs, all the rest of the class were canceled becasue of the Transwarp program failure. The Patton classes fate seemed dead, until Wolf 359. The Starfleet Task Force began looking for a small, fast and agile ship, something to avoid the Borg weapons. They ha[[ened upon the original design specs for the PPatton and immediately modified it with updated technology.
Design Information:
The Patton is based on the Excelsior class but on a much smaller scale. The size difference allows for a much faster ship overall. Unlike ti's big brother the Patton has a small shuttle bay but an oversized Impulse engine. The most noticeable differences between the prototype and the production are the phaser collimators and the engine nacelles.

* indicates TNG speed designations

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