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From: pritch@osu-eddie.UUCP (Norman Pritchett)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: USS(?) Enterprise
Message-ID: <22@osu-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 1-Jan-85 22:13:43 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan  1 22:13:43 1985
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References: <2094@uw-june>
Organization: Ohio State Univ., CIS Dept., Cols, Oh.
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> Now the Lettering on the Enterprise clearly says "NCC" Enterprise so 
> what's the story? 

In a presentation held at OSU by Gene Roddenbery, he was asked by a member
of the audience about why NCC was picked as the prefix for serial numbers on
Federation starships.  His reply was that he saw it on U.S. Navy ships and
it seemed like a neat thing to use.

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