The USS Donovan was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. On stardate 47534.7, Bruno Salvatore was assigned to the Donovan. This ship was named on Salvatore's personnel file. (TNG: "Eye of the Beholder" , okudagram) This starship was only mentioned in writing. This vessel's name was visible as a graphic in a personnel file, not spoken in dialogue. While there hasn't been a record of a real-life ship named "USS Donovan", there were two ships with the name "HMS Donovan".