George Hammond

"My next position is to take command of our new Daedalus-class ship. ...We're renaming it the George Hammond."

- Samantha Carter

The George Hammond, formerly known as the Phoenix, is Earth's sixth Daedalus-class battlecruiser, completed in 2009, and a member of the Second Tactical Wing. The ship is named in honour of the legendary General George S. Hammond, and is placed under the command of Col. Samantha Carter.

Commanding Officers

 * Colonel Samantha Carter (2009-Present)

Known Crew

 * Major Kevin Marks - Pilot and Weapons Officer
 * Captain Pat Meyers - Ship navigator (In alternate timeline on the Phoenix)
 * Captain Dave Kleinman - Ship navigator

The Battle of Icarus Base
"Our shields are holding but we're not the target."

- Samantha Carter

In 2009, General Jack O'Neill and Doctor Nicholas Rush beamed Eli Wallace aboard the George Hammond, which was orbiting Earth at the time. Because the planet on which Icarus Base resides contains a radioactive core, which could possibly become unstable after the dialing of an incoming wormhole, the George Hammond was sent to transport Doctor Nicholas Rush, Eli Wallace, Senator Alan Armstrong and Chloe Armstrong to Icarus Base.

When the base came under attack, the George Hammond intercepted the fire from the three Ha'tak motherships in orbit while numerous smaller attack craft were able to escape the battle and make it to the surface. While the shields initially held for a time, the force of the attack was too great, and the Hammond managed to escape into hyperspace. Col. Carter later informed Gen. O'Neill about the battle and the unknown status about Icarus Base's personnel, who had dialed the ninth chevron address instead of Earth's during the base's evacuation.

Lucian Alliance invasion of Destiny
Later in 2009 the Hammond was in orbit of Earth when Nicholas Rush was captured by Kiva they unable to beam Rush out of the area due to a jamming device. Sometime later the Hammond was sent to the Lucian Alliance outpost to stop the lucian alliance forces from dialing destiny. After dropping of hyperspace the scaned the Icarus-like planet and discovered that there was Naquadria core just like P4X-351.

The Hammond then launches F-302's to disable the sheilding protecting the outpost, so the assault forces can take over the base and capture the Alliance forces. But when the 302's being there attack Kiva orders the Stargate dialed and her forces being there invasion of the Destiny. The Hammond is forced to leave the system and two of her F-302's behide when the planet core explodes.

Alternate Timeline
"Barely off the assembly line. Half the Asgard systems weren't finished, the other half weren't working."

- Rodney McKay's hologram construct

In an alternate timeline, the Phoenix was the sixth Daedalus-class warship built in an alternate timeline and was given to Colonel Carter to support the Atlantis Expedition. According to Dr. McKay, the ship was rushed into service and many of the Asgard systems weren't fully operational. Many of the Expedition members worked day and night to get the ship fully operational.The ship featured an Asgard terminal on the bridge where the star map should have been, and a room similar to the Asgard core room on board the Odyssey.

Once the new ship was ready, Colonel Carter took command and flew the ship in an attempt to destroy Michael's fleet and save human populations on planets throughout the galaxy. Using guerrilla warfare, Carter succeeded in destroying many of Michael's Hive Ships. Unfortunately, Michael put out false intel and ambushed the Phoenix. When it was badly damaged and the engines were going critical, the crew was beamed down to the surface of a planet by Carter while she rammed the badly damaged Phoenix into one of the Wraith ships. The resulting explosion destroyed the Phoenix and three of Michael's hives.

Major campaigns

 * Battle of Icarus Base
 * Battle of the Phoenix (alternate timeline)
 * prelude to Lucian Alliance invasion of Destiny

Behind the scenes

 * The origin of the name "Phoenix" comes from the legendary bird of the same name. The Phoenix was said to live a long life then after its death, would burst into flames and be reborn again.
 * The ship was originally going to be named the Phoenix in the current timeline. However, after the death of Don S. Davis, and consequently the death of his character, General George S. Hammond, the ship has been renamed in his honour.