Star Trek: 10 Secrets Of The USS Enterprise E You Need To Know
4. Frasier Once Captained The Enterprise-E
In Diane Carey's 1997 novel "Ship of the Line", Captain Morgan Bateson (famously played by Kelsey Grammer in the TNG episode "Cause and Effect") was in charge of the completion and shakedown of the USS Enterprise-E. Over the course of the novel, Bateson would commander the Enterprise-E in order to confront the increasingly hostile Klingons.
Of course, this novel and all Star Trek lit is non-canon, but "Ship of the Line" was the first Trek book to feature the Enterprise-E and attempt to fill in the years between Star Trek Generations and First Contact. And just look at the deflector dish on that cover.