USS Hammond

The George Hammond, registry number PB3906 is Tau'ri's sixth battlecruiser build upon the BC 304 hull design, more commonly known as Daedalus-class. Although sharing many similarities with older ships, The Hammond is the first ship built from the grounds up with the new Asgard Core upgrades. She is the first of the new Flight IIs, sometimes called "Block II" or "Hammond-class". These upgraded 304s feature incremental upgrades in almost every area. Four major differences being: Upgraded Railguns, More armored Bridge, New Serrakin ion sublight thrusters and enlarged hangar bays.

2009 On her maiden voyage, she joined the Daedalus in escorting Atlantis back to the Pegasus Galaxy, where she later assisted AR-1 in escorting the Lantean cruiser Avenger to the Genii homeworld.

Hammond is later ordered to attack the Bright Venture, Queens Death flagship, where she suffers heavy damage and loses its Beam weapons for the entirety of Tau'ri-Queen Death war.

Following the Battle of the Frozen Planet, she ends up being the only Tau'ri ship in the Pegasus galaxy, as the too-damaged Daedalus heads back to earth for repairs, and participates in the final battle against Queen Deaths forces.

Later this year, The Hammond serves as the main ship for the Icarus project, transporting people from-and-to the unstable P4X-351.

2010 After the destruction of the Icarus base, she was kept in the Milky Way and assisted the Destiny expedition when she attacked the unnamed Icarus-like planet, under the control of the Lucian Alliance.

Later this year,  she was part of a battlegroup, that protected the Daedalus, where Earths representatives signed the official Tau'ri - Wraith peace treaty. She acted as Atlantis' expedition flagship for nearly six months, before being ordered back to the Milky Way, thanks to the escalation of Tau'ri - Lucian Alliance war

2011 In the Milky Way, The Hammond took part in various skirmishes against the Lucian Alliance, most notably the retaliatory attack in late 2011 against Lucia, where, for the first time, Tau'ri deployed four 304-class battlecruisers in one encounter.

2012 In 2012, Hammond underwent refit, to serve as a testbed for the new Tau'ri plasma beam turrets and, for the duration of the war, never left the Sol system, where she assisted in the construction of the Lunar base and Fleet Command headquarters.

2013+ Following the peace treaty with Lucian Alliance, The Hammond mostly took part in various peacekeeping missions or assisting SG teams. She is currently expected to undergo a mid-life refit in early 2019, where she will receive upgrades to be more in line with the new Flight III 304-class battlecruisers