USS New Orleans A

Assault Cruiser (NCC-92389-A)

Prior to the creation of the New Orleans-class of Starship, the USS New Orleans A was tasked with scientific research within the Zenas Expanse within the Alpha Quadrant. Spending five months bouncing back and forth between the Expanse and Bajor for resupply trips, the New Orleans A was pulled from it's scientific studies when the Cardassians, with the assistance of the Dominion, invaded Deep Space 9 and renamed it back to Terok Nor. The New Orleans A was deployed with the task force just outside the Lateri System, where a Federation task force deployed to and used the area as a location to launch the invasion force to retake DS9. It was during that mission that the New Orleans took heavy damage and was put into dry dock, when the New Orleans B was then commissioned.