MERCED-CLASS USS Merced NCC- Prototype USS Trieste NCC-37124 The Trieste was near Starbase 74 but was unable to render assistance when the Enterprise-D was hijacked by the Bynars in 2364. Data served on the Trieste prior to the Enterprise-D. The Trieste was named for the bathyscaphe in which oceanographer Jacques Piccardexplored Earth's Marianas Trench in the 1960's. "11001001" - TNG, "Clues" - TNG