3125 Scale Fed Classic Destroyer Escort (DE) WEM

Before the first Federation carriers entered service, it was realized (from observing Klingon and Kzinti operations) that special ships would be required to escort the flatbeds. (A carrier is extremely vulnerable when recovering its fighters, and those fighters, being out of weapons and probably damaged, are also extremely vulnerable.) Several destroyers were taken into dockyards and modified for this role.

While it lacked two of the destroyer's four photons, the Destroyer Escort’s drone racks and phaser-Gs (and its very high speed) made it an effective warship. Line admirals were constantly trying to "borrow" destroyer escorts for use in fleet combat squadrons, but the extremely limited number (due to the limited availability of phaser-Gs) made this impossible. Known names include 0543 Atlas, 0544 Minerva, 0545 Agamemnon, 0546 Pericles, 0547 Scipio Africanus, 0548 Ajax, 0549 Cerberus, 0550 Oberon, 0559 De Zeven Provincien, 0560 Reprisal, 0561 Canada, 0562 Jervis Bay, 0563 Neptune, 0564 Sirius, 0565 Halsey, 0566 Nagumo, 0567 Collingwood, 0568 Chernavin, 0569 Donitz, 0570 Bernadotte, 0571 Murat, 0574 Rokossovsky, 0575 Timoshenko, 0576 Ptolemy, 0577 Agrippa, 0578 Von Steuben, 0579 Hamilton, 0580 Old Dessauer, 0581 Schwerin, 0582 Travis, and 0583 Joan of Arc. The fans asked for the smooth-saucer version as a classic look and for ease of adding decals.

This ship is available in a variety of materials. Ships are unpainted, use standard flight stands available from many sources, and, while designed for gaming, make fine display pieces.