D'Amato (Lieutenant)


Lieutenant D'Amato was a male Human Starfleet officer who lived during the mid-23rd century. He served in the sciences division aboard the  under Captain James T. Kirk, during a historic five-year mission that starship undertook. He served as the ship's senior geologist in 2268.

That same year, D'Amato was among a landing party that investigated an ancient Kalandan outpost, giving D'Amato the opportunity to explore a planet that was only a couple of thousand years old. According to Kirk, the potential discoveries could enable D'Amato to give a report startling the Fifth Interstellar Geophysical Conference.

D'Amato was later killed by  of the planet's defense system while searching for an underground water source. ()

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Background information 
Lieutenant D'Amato was played by actor Arthur Batanides.

The first draft script of "That Which Survives" called him "Dawson".

Apocrypha 
In the Star Trek: Vanguard  , D'Amato's first name is revealed to be "Robert". During the course of events in the book, his wife  is killed in action, serving on the USS Bombay.

Star Trek II: Biographies gives his first name as "Arthur".

His mirror universe counterpart appears in the novel The Sorrows of Empire.

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