Amarillo-Class
Cruisers
Overview

Orthographic views Deck plans, part

1 Deck plans, part
2
created by Allen
Rolfes (see notes) created by Allen
Rolfes (see notes)

Scenes

UES Kamina, 3D view 1 3D view 2

created by Fabio
Passaro created by Fabio
Passaro
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3D view 3 3D model for SF

Command
created by Fabio
Passaro created by Chris Harris
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3D model UES Amarillo

created by Roberto Lima created by Dávid
Metlesits
 
 UES Wolverton UES Amarillo
created by Dragonpyper created by Rob Willson
 

Amarillo model Amarillo model

model by Ugh
Models model by Ugh
Models

History

When it entered service in 2152, the fusion-powered Amarillo-class cruiser (CC-33) was the most
capable warship of the United Earth Stellar Navy (UESN). However, Amarillo had been designed in a
time of peace, when the mere presence of a powerful warship near a colony or convoy was
sufficient to deter attacks from pirate ships and raiders. At the time, the greatest threat to United
Earth (UE) security was believed to be Orion pirates operating from outposts near the Libra
Colonies.

Amarillo was a state-of-the-art warship; it carried 30 offensive and defensive missiles for long-
range attack and 6 laser cannons to engage smaller targets, such as fighter craft. With its 3N-9D
fusion power plant and twin outboard Jaguar I nacelles, Amarillo could reach a maximum speed of
wf 2.8. Thus, Amarillos were some of the fastest and most heavily armed ships in known space.
Able to remain independently on station for months at a time, Amarillo made an effective patrol
cruiser to protect Earth's outer colonies from piracy.

Unfortunately, Amarillo was not the ship the UE needed to prosecute a full-scale interstellar war
against a ruthless, determined, and technologically advanced enemy. At the start of the Earth-
Romulan War in 2156, Romulan warships carried larger missile complements and crews, were
equipped with faster warp drives, and operated in far greater numbers. At the start of the war, 10
Amarillo-class cruisers were in service with the UESN. As the Romulan invasion threatened to
overwhelm the UESN in the first 20 months of the war, Amarillo cruisers hurled themselves again
and again against the invading Romulan fleets in an attempt to blunt the force of the attack.
Although Amarillo was a technologically robust design with more precise weapons-targeting
systems and superior maneuverability, it was outclassed by the larger, better armed, and more
numerous Romulan Cabbage-class cruisers, but could still inflict considerable, often lethal, damage
on enemy vessels. By the time Amarillo was finally withdrawn from front-line service in March 2158,
18 of the 25 ships constructed had been destroyed—an astonishing loss rate of 72%. Yet, thanks in
large part to the dogged resistance of the Amarillo class, the UESN, and the UE, survived. As the UE-
Andor alliance finally went on the offensive in mid-2158, the surviving Amarillo cruisers were
relegated to support roles as newer, more capable ships—powered by the new M/AM reactor—
continued the fight.

     
     

     

The most notable ship of the class was UES Kursk (CC-35), the first UESN ship to engage Romulan
warships in combat. In 2152, UE Intelligence began receiving reports of an unknown race
aggressively expanding into systems antispinward of Utopia colony. Kursk escorted the surveyor
UES Zheng He (CX-26, Republic class) and the deuterium tanker UES Lysithea (AD-16, Atlas class)
on a mission to chart the Gliese 480.1 system (now known as the Taugus system), believed to be a
staging area for alien activity. As they approached the system on April 13, 2153, they were
confronted by a force of 5 large warships. Before the UESN ships could establish communication
with the approaching ships, the aliens opened fire. Zheng He was destroyed with the loss of its
entire crew, but Kursk fought off the assault and fled the system with Lysithea. Although full-scale
war would not break out for another 3 years, the Earth-Romulan conflict had begun.

     

created by Jan Hendrik Kobarg,

Bremen        created by Jan Hendrik Kobarg, Bremen

     
     

The Amarillo-class cruiser UES Wolverton (CC-47), a veteran of several actions in the Utopia and
Taugus systems, is on display at the Starfleet Museum.

 
 Commissioned Ships

UES Amarillo CC-33 UES Jakarta CC-46

UES Shikoku CC-34
UES Kursk CC-35
UES St. Petersburg CC-36
UES London CC-37
UES Kamina CC-38
UES Syracuse CC-39
UES Celebes CC-40
UES Sarajevo CC-41
UES Portland CC-42
UES Wilmington CC-43
UES Xiaguan CC-44
UES Al-Qahira CC-45
UES Wolverton CC-47
UES Milan CC-48
UES Charleston CC-49
UES Bozeman CC-50
UES Stockholm CC-51
UES Kinshasa CC-52
UES Melbourne CC-53
UES Bremen CC-54
UES Johannesburg CC-55
UES Agata CC-56
UES New Orleans CC-57

Specifications

Standard displacement: 142,321 t

  Overall 1°
Hull 2°
Hull Nacelles
Length
[m] 126.18 53.99 50.71 66.87
Beam
[m] 100.35 64.29 29.45 15.51
Draft
[m] 58.15 58.15 29.45 15.51

Crew complement: 382 (64 officers + 318 crew)

Weapons: 4 missile launchers with 18 Narwhal long-range antiship missiles, 12 Spider area-
defense missiles, 4 Type VI laser cannons (2 × 2 turrets), 2 Type V laser cannons (1 × 2 turret)
Embarked craft: 10 cargo/personnel shuttlecraft
Warp drive: 3N-9D tokamak fusion reactor with 2 Jaguar I nacelles
Velocity: wf 2.4, cruise; wf 2.7, supercruise; wf 2.8, maximum
Units commissioned: 25

Last modified: 16.05.16