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{{Displaytitle|U.S.S. ''Hood'' NCC-42296}}
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{{RegistryData|[[NCC-42296]]<ref name="TNG177"/>}}
{{Class|{{link|Prime|Excelsior class||''Excelsior''}}}}
{{FirstData|TNG101|1987|9|26}}
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The {{link|Prime|United Federation of Planets||Federation}} Starship ''Hood'' was an {{link|Prime|Excelsior class||''Excelsior'' class}} vessel {{link|Prime|commanding officer||commanded}} by {{link|Prime|Starfleet Captain||Captain}} {{link|Prime|Robert DeSoto}}. {{link|Prime|Starfleet Commander||Commander}} {{link|Prime|William Riker}} served as {{link|Prime|first officer}} aboard the ''Hood'' prior to his posting as first officer of the newly-commissioned {{link|Prime|U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D||U.S.S. ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701-D}}.<ref name="TNG101"/> 

On {{link|Prime|Stardate}} {{link|Prime|2263|SD41153|41153.7}}, the ''Hood'' dropped off a number of personnel at {{link|Prime|Farpoint Station}} for transfer to the ''Enterprise,'' including Riker. The ''Hood'' remained on station until after {{link|Prime|Starfleet Admiral||Admiral}} {{link|Prime|Leonard McCoy}} completed his visit to the new ''Enterprise.'' Afterward, the ''Hood'' transported McCoy back to Federation space.<ref name="TNG101"/>

The ''Hood'' and the {{link|Prime|U.S.S. Merrimac NCC-61627||U.S.S. ''Merrimac'' NCC-61627}} were dispatched to the {{link|Prime|Romulan Neutral Zone}} on {{link|Prime|Stardate}} {{link|Prime|2366|SD43463|43463.7}} when a {{link|Prime|Romulans||Romulan}} defector, {{link|Prime|Alidar Jarok}}, warned that he had received information indicating that the {{link|Prime|Romulan Star Empire}} was planning to instigate a war with the Federation, though the information proved to be false.<ref name="TNG158"/> The ''Enterprise'' was scheduled to join the ''Hood'' at {{link|Prime|Browder IV}} on Stardate {{link|Prime|2366|SD43714|43714.1}}, where the ''Hood'' was engaged in a {{link|Prime|terraforming}} mission.<ref name="TNG166"/> On Stardate {{link|Prime|2366|SD43779|43779.3}}, the ''Hood'' rendezvoused with the ''Enterprise'' in the {{link|Prime|Hayashi system}} to deliver {{link|Prime|Tam Elbrun}} and orders to proceed to {{link|Prime|Beta Stromgren}} for an encounter with a living starship dubbed "{{link|Prime|Tin Man}}."<ref name="TNG168"/> 

In {{link|Prime|2367}}, the ''Hood'' underwent a major system upgrade at {{link|Prime|Starbase 174}}.<ref name="TNG177"/> During the {{link|Prime|Dominion War}}, the ''Hood'' fought in the {{link|Prime|Battle of Chin'toka}} in {{link|Prime|2374}} as part of a combined allied fleet.<ref name="DSN550"/>
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