In 2430, Lord Richard Cameron initiated a new phase in upgrading the Hegemony's navy. A former naval officer himself, he knew his navy was aging-especially the battleship fleets, which included the Dreadnought-class and the aging Monsoon-class ships. The Farragut (named after Admiral Isaac Farragut, hero of the Battle of Lyons) was to replace the Dreadnought-class as the main battleship of the fleet. The new ship's only requirement was that it be a true battleship, more than capable of defeating anything that the House navies were using. Sadly Richard Cameron died before the Farragut's commissioning.
         The largest battleship of its time, the Farragut was specifically designed to carry the largest naval autocannons. The Farragut was outfitted with thirty-two massive autocannons. Backing up the autocannons were twenty-two Killer Whale missile launchers and an assortment of deadly naval PPCs. For anti-fighter defense, forty large lasers were mounted around the vessel. The ship's hull was the strongest and most stress-resistant ever designed, mounting over 1,500 tons of ferro-carbide armor. A full wing of aerospace fighters finalized the ship's defensive capabilities.
         As a ship of the line, the Farragut could operate independently as easily as it could operate as the flagship of the fleet. Due to advancing technology, the Farragut ended production in 2,500, though refits on the basic design continued for quarter millenium. The basic hardiness and abundant spare space of the design made it easy to test new technologies on, and many think tanks maintained one of these ships for that purpose. A Farragut was the first WarShip ever to mount naval gauss rifles for instance, and all serving Farraguts were upgraded with those powerful weapons. These vessels proved themselves in numerous engagements until the Star League upgraded a scrapped Farragut to create the first McKenna-class Battleship. On December 20, 2766, the last remaining Farragut was dismantled to form the core of another McKenna. She never saw space again, destroyed with her dock by a nuclear bombardment during the height of the Amaris Crisis.