This vessel entered Starfleet service on reference stardate 2/8303, and remained in active service until at least the 2360s decade. (FASA RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual) This hospital ship was named after a previous vessel, the 23rd century USS Pasteur. The name continued on when the Nebula-class USS Pasteur, was given the name. The name continued in the 2370s with a later vessel—a fellow hospital ship—Olympic-class USS Pasteur. (TOS - Year Four comic: "Issue 6"; ST video game: Armada II; TNG episode, novelization & comic adaptation: All Good Things...)