Daedalus class

Deadalus Class
The Daedalus class starship was in service throughout the 22nd century. It began as a united earth starfleet vessel but later they were added the the UFP starfleet.

Production
The Daedalus class was developed in 2237 but due to delays in construction and lack of resources to begin with the first Daedalus wasn't launched until 2240. Starfleet immediately began construction on 15 more daedalus class starships because they were more effective in preventing pirate attacks than other starfleet vessels. Starfleet began a big boom of Daedalus class starships and by 2248 there were 42 Daedalus class starships in service with another 3 under construction. By 2151 with the launch of the NX class they were deemed outdated and construction on more daedalus class ships were halted in favour of the more advanced Intrepid and NX class starships.

Earth-Romulan War
However in 2155 with the beginning of the Earth-Romulan war the Daedalus class was given a new lease of life. Due to the fact Daedalus class starships could be constructed twice as fast as Intrepid and three times faster than the NX class starships. Starfleet began constructing them at a high pace as well as refitting their current Daedalus fleet. Even with the refit they could only reach warp 4 and were no match for the Romulan T'Varo Bird of Prey.

Use for the Federation
After the Earth-Romulan war climaxed in 2161 and the United Federation of Planets was born the starfleet needed as many ships as they could get so the Daedalus fleet which then consisted of 87 Daedalus class ships were added to the fleet after recieving a massive refit. They all recieved the new Warp 7 engine and new armaments and 2 new technologies that would serve the federation for a while, these were the Tractor beam and shields.

Notable Missions
The Daedalus class had many notable missions including multiple first contacts.

The USS Franklin Roosevelt managed to save Mars from a random asteroid.

The USS Zeframe Cochrane made a very contreversial contact with the Breen Confederacy which nearly lead to a war.

The USS Republic was the first starfleet ship to enter the badlands but was never heard from again.

Retirement
In the 2190s the Daedalus class was at the end of its service life because they were simply too old and outdated. The last 4 daedalus class ships to be decommissioned were the Frankling Roosevelt, Lovell, Carolina and Daedalus herself. But before they were decommissioned they were called upon one last time to make sure EFS freighters reached Betazed on time and in one peice, they did this and even got the Convoy to Betazed 2 days early. This led to Betazed joining the Federation and the crews of the 4 ships all got a commendation.

Known Ships
USS. Frankling Roosevelt

USS. Republic

USS. Zeframe Cochrane

USS. Daedalus

USS. Carolina

USS. Lovell

USS. Olympus

USS. Bach

USS. Pilgrim

USS. Nightingale

USS. Valley Forge

USS. Yeager