USS Abaco (NCC-21470)

The USS Abaco (NCC-21470) was a Merced-class starship operated by the Federation Starfleet in the mid-24th century. After the USS Ellesmere (NCC-21464) was damaged heavily by a Romulan attack during its patrol of the Romulan Neutral Zone, the Abaco assumed its patrol duties while the Ellesmere underwent repairs. (WOG)

The Abaco was named for a group of islands in the Bahamas, once home to freed African slaves that effected the largest successful slave revolt in the history of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.