The USS Merced (NCC-87075) was a California-class Federation starship operated by Starfleet during the late 24th century. In 2380, the Merced was under the command of Captain Durango.
On stardate 57538.9, the Merced and USS Cerritos worked together to recover a recently discovered ancient generation ship. As the two ships simultaneously towed the derelict with their tractor beams, a moment of one-upmanship from Durango led to a leakage of terraforming fluid from the alien vessel.
The terraforming fluid transformed the hulls of both ships into organic materials. While Captain Carol Freeman and Lieutenant Beckett Mariner managed to reverse the effects of the transformation before major functions were lost aboard the Cerritos, the Merced was heavily damaged with its life support failing. Fortunately, the entire crew complement of the Merced were saved when Captain Freeman and Lt. Mariner performed an emergency transport from the Cerritos and placed them into the still-sealed-off stasis chamber of the generation ship, safe from effects of the terraforming fluid. (LD: "Moist Vessel")
In 2381, the repaired Merced joined an armada of California-class ships to defend the Cerritos from the rogue USS Aledo. After successfully destroying the Aledo, the armada went to Douglas Station. (LD: "The Stars At Night")
Crew[]
- See: USS Merced personnel
| California-class starships |
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| USS Alhambra • USS Anaheim • USS Burbank • USS Carlsbad • USS Cerritos • USS Culver City • USS Eureka • USS Fresno • USS Inglewood • USS Merced • USS Mount Shasta • USS Oakland • USS Pacific Palisades • USS Redding • USS Riverside • USS Rubidoux • USS Sacramento • USS San Clemente • USS San Diego • USS San Jose • USS Santa Monica • USS Sherman Oaks • USS Solvang • USS Vacaville • USS Vallejo • USS West Covina • Unnamed |
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Background information[]
"Merced" is Spanish for "mercy." It is also a city and county in the San Joaquin Valley of California and is known as the "Gateway to Yosemite."
The Merced has blue markings on its hull. According to Star Trek: Lower Decks series creator Mike McMahan, a California-class ship with blue hull markings is "usually deployed to places where there has to be more medical expertise." [1]
External link[]
- USS Merced (NCC-87075) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works