USS Longfellow

Ambassador Class Federation starship, registry number NCC-28553. The Longfellow was assigned to help the Banshee and the Xerxes fend of a Borg attack in early 2374. The Longfellow's saucer section was heavily damaged in the attack. Upon hearing the news that the forward tip of the Longfellow had been cut off, crewmembers aboard the USS Banshee burst into fits of hysterical laughter. ("Resistance is Futile, Part I" [BAN]). When the Borg cube reached Earth shortly thereafter, the Longfellow ran a kamikaze mission into the cube. Unfortunately the cube had already been set to autodestruct anyhow, but as Commander Tagel noted, it was an old ship anyway. ("Resistance is Futile, Part II" [BAN]). The Longfellow was named for noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.