USS Cairo
The USS Cairo was a 24th century Federation  starship operated by  Starfleet. 

In 2369, it was under the command of Captain Edward Jellico, who was temporarily transferred to command the  for a special diplomatic mission to the Cardassian border. () 

Shortly thereafter, the Cairo was deployed to defend the Federation system Minos Korva when it was threatened by a potential Cardassian attack. Following the peaceful conclusion of the crisis, Captain Jellico returned to his command on the Cairo. ()

During the Dominion War, the Cairo was commanded by Captain Leslie Wong, and assigned to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone in 2374. The ship was believed to have been ambushed and destroyed by Dominion forces who had crossed Romulan space to attack the Cairo. ()

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Background information 
The  listed the Cairo with the registry NCC-42136. In the , the Cairo was identified as the Excelsior class starship that later appeared in . 

For the fourth edition, this was changed to where the ship in "Preemptive Strike" was not identified as the Cairo.

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Cairo (NCC-42136)