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A Ship's
History
Beginning life as the Shuttle Indianapolis, we launched at the Region 01
Summit on April 2, 2003, becoming NCC-75435/1, the first Shuttle to
launch from our mothership, the U.S.S. Questar NCC-75435 out of
Louisville, KY. Our name was selected as a tribute to the WWII cruiser
U.S.S. Indianapolis, CA-35, which was torpedoed and sunk during the Pacific
Campaign.
At the time, the Commanding Officer was then Commander Rodney Davis of
Indianapolis, Indiana. Soon after, our Liason Offier with the Questar,
Captain Jeff Davis of Louisville, KY, transferred aboard to
become Executive Officer.
After attending the Slanted Fedora Convention of 2003, we discovered there
was already a U.S.S. Indianapolis in existence in the Indianapolis area, as
a part of another Star Trek fan organization. In the interest of harmony and
good will, we chose to change our name. On May 1, 2004, at the next Region
01 Summit, we commissioned as the USS INDIANA NCC-79158, in memory of the
battleship U.S.S Indiana, BB-58, which served the U.S. Navy so well from 1942 till
she was decommissioned in 1947.
Today, the USS INDIANA has developed into a two city
ship, with active
contingents in both Indianapolis, IN and Louisville, KY.
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