Starfleet Captains

There are many captains in Starfleet, and there have also been great captains, and some are famous. Following is a list of the great and famous captains that Starfleet has had the privilage of training.

Captain April ... Captain Bateson ... Captain Benteen ... Captain Chandra ... Captain Conklin ... Captain Darson ... Captain Decker ... Captain DeSoto ... Captain Edwell ... Captain Entebe ... Captain Esteban ... Captain Garrett ... Captain Garrovick ... Captain Garth ... Captain Gleason

Captain April

Captain Robert T. April is the first commanding officer of the Constitution-class starship U.S.S. Enterprised NCC-1701. He assumes command when Enterprise is launched in 2245, and leads the ship's first five year mission of deep space exploration. He remains in command of the enterprise until 2250, after which he is replaced by Christopher Pike.

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Captain Bateson

Commander of the Soyuz-class starship U.S.S. Bozeman, registry number NCC-1941. Captain Morgan Bateson's ship disappears into a temporal causality loop near the Typhon Expanse in 2278. The Bozeman is rescued 90 years later, in 2368, by the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, and returned to its own time; the crew are unaware that any more than a few weeks have passed since they left starbase.

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Captain Benteen

As adjutant to Admiral Leyton, Benteen serves at Starfleet Command during the feared Dominion takeover of 2372, and is later promoted to commander of the U.S.S. Lakota. She is loyal to Admiral Leyton during his attempted military coup, but refuses his command to destroy the U.S.S. Defiant.

Captain Chandra

Chandra is one of a number of senior officers who serve as a judge at the court martial hearing of Captain James T. Kirk on Starbase 11 in 2265.

Captain Darson

Commanding officer of the Ambassador-class starship, U.S.S. Adelphi NCC-26849. Captain Darson conducts the disastrous first contact with the planet Ghorusda, in which he and 46 others are killed. He is later found responsible for the incident by a Starfleet Board of Inquiry.
The unfortunate incident reiterates to the Federation how important it is to rigidly enforce procedures for such situations, thus minimizing the cultural contamination to the planet, and the risk to the Starfleet officers initiating the contact. To achieve this aim, Starfleet often employs first conact specialists.

Captain Decker

Cammander of the Constitution-class U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, during the ships refit of 2270-1. Willard Decker is assigned to the command of the Enterprise on the personal recommendation of Admiral James T. Kirk, but is downgraded to Executive Officer when the ship is sent to intercept V'Ger in 2271; Kirk assumes command. Decker is lost when he merges with V'Ger in a successful attempt to deflect the threat it poses. He remains listed as missing in action.

Captain DeSoto

Commander of the Excelsior-class starship, the U.S.S. Hood NCC-42296. De'Soto is William Riker's commanding officer, before Riker's assignment to the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D as first officer in 2364.

Captain Edwell

High-ranking Starfleet officers come from many worlds. Captain Edwell is a native of the planet Gaspar VII.

Captain Entebe

Commanding officer of the Nebula-class U.S.S. Ulysses, registry number NCC-66808. Entebe studies protoplanet masses in the Helaspont Nebula in 2371.

Captain Esteban

Commandar of the Oberth-class science vessel U.S.S. Grissom, registry number NCC-638. Esteban is assigned to sdudy the Genesis Planet in 2285; he and his crew are killed when the Grissom is attacked by a Klingon Bird-of-Prey.

Captain Garrett

Commander of the Ambassador-class starship U.S.S. Enterprise, registry number NCC-1701-C. Garrett commanded the rescue mission to the Klingon outpost on Narendra III in 2344. Her ship is caught in a temporal rift and propelled 22 years into the future, creating an alternate timeline in which the United Federation of Planets is at war with the Klingon Empire. Garrett is killed in 2366 when her ship is attacked by several Klingon Birds-of-Prey, her remaining crew honor her wishes to return to their own time in order to repair the damage to the timeline.

Captain Garrovick

Captain Garrovick was the commanding officer of the Constitution-class starship U.S.S. Farragut, registry number NCC-1647. He was killed in 2257, along with 200 members of his crew, by the dikironium cloud creature discovered at Tycho IV. ONe of the survivors of the attack was the then-Lt. James T. Kirk. Garrovick's son also joins Starfleet; he serves as an ensign on board the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, under the command of Captain Kirk.

Captain Garth

Fleet Captain Garth was responsible for preserving the Federation during the Battle of Axanar in the 2250s. Several years later, he was serioulsy injured in an accident, but tecovered with the help of the inhabitants of Antos IV, who taught him to repair his body using cellular metamorphosis. Unfortunately, this ability also rendered him criminally insane. he was institutionalized at the rehabilitation centre on Elba II after ordering his crew to destroy Antos IV. Garth later tries to escape from Elba II using his powers to alter his appearance; the escape is foiled by Captain Kirk. Garth then undergoes treatment to cure him of his madness.

Captain Gleason

Commander of the Ambassador-class starship, U.S.S. Zhukov, refistry number NCC-62136. Gleason is the commanding officer of Lt. Reginald Barclay prior to Barclay's transfer to the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D.