This ship was one of a number of spacecraft named for the city of Gettysburg on Earth's North American continent and the famous Gettysburg Address given there during the United States' Civil War. In 2376, in an effort to discover the Celestial Temple and evade the Cardassian patrols of the Bajoran system, the Gettysburg used its saucer separation abilities to reach the Denorios Belt, along with the Bajoran assault vessel Li. The warp drive section, commanded by Gold and manned by Bynars 110 and 111, was destroyed opening the wormhole. (SCE eBook: Lost Time)