Dominion War images show several Galaxy-class ships in a single formation. Accounts describe an original batch of thirteen hulls, with seven commissioned and six held incomplete. Wolf 359 gives Starfleet reason to finish that reserve, but the wartime numbers imply that production continued beyond those six. Such rapid expansion points to an industrial base able to build very large combatants once political and strategic priorities change. Peacetime totals of exploration-configured ships say little about Starfleet's full mobilisation capacity.
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Wolf 359 prompts a Galaxy production surge
Several Galaxies in Dominion War formations imply that Starfleet finished stored hulls and expanded production after Wolf 359.