A 32nd-century Federation starship that doubles as the campus of the reopened Starfleet Academy, docking in San Francisco and carrying its cadets into deep space under Chancellor Nahla Ake.
The USS Athena is the hero ship of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Named after the Greek goddess of wisdom, she is both a working starship and the Academy's campus: she docks at the Academy grounds in San Francisco and can leave to join the fleet, so that the galaxy itself becomes the classroom.
Her captain is Nahla Ake, who is also Chancellor of the Academy, with Lura Thok as first officer and cadet master. The hull carries the registry NCC-392023 and her dedication plaque describes her as Academy class.
In Kids These Days the pirate Nus Braka attacks and boards the ship on her voyage to Earth, and the cadets help to drive him off. She appears in every episode of the first season, and in the finale Rubincon she is crippled by Braka and repaired by her cadets.