In 2364, while the Wellington visited Garon II, Ensign Ro Laren disobeyed orders, resulting in the death of eight away team members. (TNG episode: "Ensign Ro"; ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia; DS9 - Mission Gamma novels: Twilight, Cathedral) In the year 2365, the Wellington was under the command of Thomas Pucer, assigned to captain Wellington on patrol of sector 130 near the Romulan Neutral Zone. This information was listed on a starship deploy status report on a viewscreen on Starbase 173. (TNG episode: "The Measure of a Man")