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From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (Roger Noe)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Names of Starships
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Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 02:22:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 29 02:22:28 1984
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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.
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	Roger Noe		ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe