Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihlts.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (Roger Noe) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Names of Starships Message-ID: <376@ihlts.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 02:22:28 EST Article-I.D.: ihlts.376 Posted: Wed Feb 29 02:22:28 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Mar-84 03:09:55 EST References: <391@decvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 37 U.S.S. Constellation NCC-1017 destroyed in "The Doomsday Machine" last commanded by Commodore Decker U.S.S. Constitution NCC-1700 mentioned in "Space Seed" U.S.S. Defiant NCC-1764 destroyed in "The Tholian Web" U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 U.S.S. Excalibur NCC-1664 destroyed in "The Ultimate Computer" last commanded by Captain Harris U.S.S. Exeter NCC-1672 abandoned in "The Omega Glory" last commanded by Captain Tracey U.S.S. Farragut NCC-1647 mentioned in "Obsession" was commanded by Captain Garrovick during Lt. Kirk's first assignment U.S.S. Hood NCC-1703 featured in "The Ultimate Computer" U.S.S. Intrepid NCC-1631 mentioned in "Court-martial" destroyed in "The Immunity Syndrome" U.S.S. Lexington NCC-1709 featured in "The Ultimate Computer" commanded by Commodore Wesley U.S.S. Potemkin NCC-1702 featured in "The Ultimate Computer" mentioned in "Turnabout Intruder" U.S.S. Republic NCC-1373 mentioned in "Court-martial" U.S.S. Yorktown NCC-1717 mentioned in "Obsession" There are other sources which disagree with the list of names, numbers, and status of each starship of the Constitution (heavy cruiser) class. The blueprints and Technical Manual put together by Franz Joseph do not mention Defiant, do not list Excalibur as destroyed, and added both Kongo and the Valiant (destroyed). Also, the numbers are different for all starships except for Constellation, Constitution, Enterprise, and Republic. The only ships named Valiant in "Star Trek" were mentioned in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (200 years previous) and "A Taste of Armageddon" (50 years earlier) but these were not starships of the same class at all. I believe this dates back to the original Star Trek Writer's Guide (see the beginning of Part II of Stephen Whitfield's "The Making of Star Trek") but it's easy to see now why this other list is discredited. -- Roger Noe ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe