Saladin class
The Saladin-class destroyer was a type of starship operated by Starfleet for the  during the 23rd century.

The Saladin consisted of a saucer section and only a single nacelle. Each ship was similar in exterior design to that of a  vessel of the 2260s. (; )

Ships of the class
 NCC-500

Appendices

Appearances 
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Background information 
The Saladin-class starship was a design originally created by Franz Joseph in his Star Fleet Technical Manual, which lists the USS Saladin as the prototype of the class. The production staff of  and  used some of the ships in the Technical Manual as background display images looped on monitor screens on the bridge.

According to the Star Fleet Technical Manual, the only difference between the  scout vessel and her sister class, the Saladin-class destroyer, were her armaments and personnel. Where the Saladin-class housed three phaser banks and two photon torpedo launchers, the Hermes scout only housed one bank of two phasers, and the Saladin-class had a slightly bigger crew.

Intended to be merely background decoration, freeze frames and close examination have shown that the images used were taken from the Joseph book with little or no modification. This was confirmed later by Rick Sternbach on a few occasions on 's forums.

Apocrypha 
In the novel The Final Nexus, the USS Cochise (NCC-530) was a Saladin-class destroyer.

In the novel Dreadnought!, the USS Pompeii (NCC-424) was a Saladin-class destroyer.

The Saladin-class is also present in the Star Fleet Universe series of games. It served Starfleet for decades until supplanted by the Ortega-class war destroyer in the General War. The old destroyer shipyards were turned over to the construction of the Kearsarge-class light cruiser.

A nearly identical design is seen in Star Trek: Legacy, named the . The Apollo-class lacks the deflector/sensor dish found on the Saladin, as well as the "flush vent" details on the dorsal connection.

External links 
 
  – an article discussing the canon appearance of this class
 

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Federation starship classes