Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser
The /Constitution/ class is one of the most successful and
famous of allstarship classes in the history of Starfleet.
Below is a fairly straight summary of The Ships of the Star
Fleet takeon the /Constitutions/ (with minor timeline alterations),
along withsome notes from other sources. The registries are based
on the listfirst published in the Star Fleet Technical Manual
rather than that usedby the 'official' publications. See
comparative listing of some different /Constitution/ Registry
lists.
I've placed information about FASA's /Constitution/ and
/Enterprise/classes on another page. My personal view on this
classis taking shape as my Speculative History of the
/Constitution/ class essay.
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Sub-Classes
* *Constitution *, in service 2218 to 2295. 14 vessels (12 new
builds, 2 upgrades). * *Bonhomme Richard *, in service 2248 to
2295. 26 vessels (16 new builds, 10 upgrades). * *Achernar *, in
service 2263 to ???. 35 vessels (13 new builds, 22 upgrades). *
*Enterprise *, in service 2272 to ???. 8 vessels (all upgrades). *
*Constitution (II) *, in service 2271 to ???. 7 vessels (all
upgrades). * *Endeavour *, in service 2273 to ???. 12 vessels (4
new builds, 8 upgrades). * *Tikopai *, in service 2275 to ???. 33
vessels (all new builds). * *Enterprise (II) *, in service 2285 to
???. 14 vessels (8 new builds, 6 upgrades)
------------------------------------------------------------------------*NCC-1017**/U.S.S.
Constellation/**History:*commissioned as /Horizon/ class in
2212.Upgraded to /Constitution/ class in 2228.Destroyed by Doomsday
Machine in 2266.*Notes:*TOS "The Doomsday Machine" app.Named after
the USN frigate launched in 1797 and on the Navy List
until1955.
*NCC-1371**/U.S.S. Republic/**History:*commissioned as /Archon/
class in 2202.Upgraded to /Constitution/ class sometime after
2211.Assigned as training vessel in 2238.Possibly decommissioned in
2257 (Ships of the Star Fleet).Possibly still in service in 2291
(ST VI).*Notes:*TOS "Court Martial" his."ST VI: The Undiscovered
Country" ref.FASA gives the registry as *NCC-1373*.There is
actually no on screen evidence that the ship mentioned in"Court
Martial" was /Constitution/ class, however that is the
assumptionmade from The Making of Star Trek onwards.The suggestion
that the */U.S.S. Republic/* mentioned in DS9 "TheValiant" is the
this vessel is, in my opinion, rather far fetched.
*NCC-1700**/U.S.S. Constitution/**History:*commissioned in 2218,
first ship of that class.Upgraded to /Constitution (II)/
specification in 2271, first ship ofthat sub-class.Named after the
USN frigate, commissioned 1794, still on the Navy List1999. See
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships OnLine.
*NCC-1701**/U.S.S. Enterprise/**History:*commissioned as
/Constitution/ sub-class in 2221.Upgraded to /Bonhomme Richard/
specification in 2265.Upgraded to /Achernar/ specification in
2268.Upgraded to /Enterprise/ specification in 2272, the first ship
of thatsub-class.Destroyed by self destruct over the Genesis Planet
in 2285.Named after many naval vessels (mostly RN and USN). See
FAQ: A Historyof Ships Named Enterprise.
*NCC-1701-A**/U.S.S. Enterprise/**History:*commissioned as
/Enterprise (II)/ sub-class in 2285, firstship of that
sub-class.Decommissioned, or possibly destroyed, in
2292.*Notes:*Originally to be called /*U.S.S. Levant*/.Took part in
several missions before her official commissioning
ceremony.Received structural damage during this time, limiting her
to diplomaticmissions (in theory) and resulting in her early
decommissioning.The exact fate of this ship is hard to ascertain,
however it must beremoved from service before 2393 when the next
/Enterprise/ is commissioned./"...to boldly go where no man has
gone before."/
*NCC-1702**/U.S.S. Farragut/**History:*commissioned as
/Constitution/ sub-class in 2223.Upgraded to /Bonhomme Richard/
specification in 2255.Upgraded to /Enterprise/ specification in
2270.Later upgraded to /Enterprise (II)/ specification.Possibly
later renamed /U.S.S. Centurion/ and crewed by Magna Romanswill
remain in service into the 2360s.*Notes:*TOS "Obsession"
his.Paramount and FASA give the registry as *NCC-1647*.*/U.S.S.
Centurion/* is from TNG novel The Captain's Honor.
*NCC-1703**/U.S.S. Lexington/**History:*commissioned as
/Constitution/ sub-class in 2223.Upgraded to /Achernar/
specification in 2263.Upgraded to /Enterprise/ specification in
2275.Later upgraded to /Enterprise (II)/ specification.*Notes:*TOS
"The Ultimate Computer" app.Paramount and FASA give the registry as
*NCC-1709*.Named after several USN vessels, most notably the WWII
aircraft carrier,CV-16.
*NCC-1704**/U.S.S. Yorktown/**History:*commissioned as
/Constitution/ sub-class in 2223.Upgraded to /Constitution (II)/
specification in 2272.Disabled by alien probe in 2285.*Notes:*TOS
"Obsession" ref, "ST:IV The Voyage Home" app.Paramount (in ST IV)
and FASA give the registry as *NCC-1717*.Paramount suggests that
this ship could have been refitted and renamedas the second
*/U.S.S. Enterprise/* (*NCC-1701-A*).Named after several USN
vessels, most notably the WWII aircraft carrier,CV-10.
*NCC-1705**/U.S.S. Excalibur/**History:*commissioned as
/Constitution/ sub-class in 2223.Upgraded to /Bonhomme Richard/
specification in 2254.Upgraded to /Enterprise/ specification in
2274.Later upgraded to /Enterprise (II)/ specification.*Notes:*TOS
"The Ultimate Computer" app.Paramount and FASA give the registry as
*NCC-1664*.
*NCC-1706**/U.S.S. Exeter/**History:*commissioned as
/Constitution/ sub-class in 2223.Upgraded to /Bonhomme Richard/
specification in 2259.Upgraded to /Enterprise/ specification in
2274.Later upgraded to /Enterprise (II)/ specification.*Notes:*TOS
"The Omega Glory" app.Paramount and FASA give the registry as
*NCC-1672*.
*NCC-1707**/U.S.S. Hood/**History:*commissioned as
/Constitution/ sub-class in 2223.Upgraded to /Enterprise/
specification in 2275.Destroyed by Klingons in 2286.*Notes:*TOS
"The Ultimate Computer" app.Paramount and FASA give the registry as
*NCC-1703*.Named after the WWII Royal Navy battlecruiser */H.M.S.
Hood/*.
*NCC-1708**/U.S.S. Intrepid/**History:*commissioned as
/Constitution/ sub-class in 2224.Upgraded to /Bonhomme Richard/
specification in 2258.Destroyed by space amoeba in 2267.*Notes:*TOS
"The Immunity Syndrome" app. Vulcan crew.Paramount gives the
registry as *NCC-1831*.FASA gives the registry as NCC-1631.
*NCC-1709**/U.S.S. Valiant/**History:*commissioned as
/Constitution/ sub-class in 2224.*Notes:*See Problems and Oddities
.
*NCC-1710**/U.S.S. Kongo/**History:*commissioned as
/Constitution/ sub-class in 2224.Upgraded to /Bonhomme Richard/
specification in 2258.Upgraded to /Achernar/ specification in
2264.Upgraded to /Constitution (II)/ specification in
2271.Destroyed by Klingons in 2283 (FASA); or still in service in
2291 (ST:VI).Named after the WWII Japanese Battlecruiser.
*NCC-1711**/U.S.S. Potemkin/**History:*commissioned as
/Constitution/ sub-class in 2224.Assigned as training vessel in
2253.Decommissioned in 2295.*Notes:*TOS "The Ultimate Computer"
app.ST VI gives the registry as *NCC-1657*.FASA gives the registry
as *NCC-1702*.
*NCC-1712**/U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard/**History:*commissioned in
2248, first ship of her sub-class.Upgraded to /Constitution (II)/
specification in 2272.*Notes:*FASA gives the registry as
*NCC-1776*.
*NCC-1713**/U.S.S. Monitor/**History:*commissioned as /Bonhomme
Richard/ sub-class in 2249.Upgraded to /Constitution (II)/
specification in 2274.Named after the /*U.S.S. Monitor*/ which
fought the */CSS Virginia/*(which was originally commissioned as
the */U.S.S. Merrimac/*) in 1862.
*NCC-1714**/U.S.S. Hornet/**History:*commissioned as /Bonhomme
Richard/ sub-class in 2250.Upgraded to /Achernar/ specification in
2265.Upgraded to /Constitution (II)/ specification in
2273.*Notes:*FASA gives the registry as *NCC-1778*Named after the
WWII USN aircraft carrier, CV-12.
*NCC-1715**/U.S.S. Merrimac/**History:*commissioned as /Bonhomme
Richard/ sub-class in 2250.Upgraded to /Constitution (II)/
specification in 2272.Named after the /*U.S.S. Merrimac*/ which as
the */CSS Virginia/* foughtthe */U.S.S. Monitor/* in 1862.
*NCC-1716**/U.S.S. Endeavour/**History:*commissioned as Bonhomme
Richard class in 2250.Upgraded to /Achernar/ specification in
2264.Upgraded to /Endeavour/ specification in 2273, first ship of
that sub-class.*Notes:*"ST VI: The Undiscovered Country"
ref.Paramount gives the registry as *NCC-1895*FASA gives the
registry as *NCC-1777*It has occurred to me that this ship could
have been lost at some pointin the 2270s and that the */U.S.S.
Endeavour/ NCC-1895* in ST VI isactually a /Cyane/ class frigate.
The ship listed at the registry inShips of the Star Fleet is the
/*U.S.S. Constelaltion*/, which can notexist due to the existance
of */U.S.S. Constellation/ NX-1974*.Named after Captain Cook's
/*H.M.S. Endeavour*/.
*NCC-1717**/U.S.S. Defiant/**History:*commissioned as /Bonhomme
Richard/ sub-class in 2250.Destroyed in interdimensional rift near
Tholian space in 2268.*Notes:*TOS "The Tholian Web" app.Paramount
and FASA give the registry as *NCC-1764*.Sounds like it should be a
Royal Navy name. I can find references to/*H.M.S. Defiance*/ but
the only /*H.M.S. Defiant*/ is in a 1962 filmDamn the Defiant! (aka
H.M.S. Defiant).
*NCC-1718**/U.S.S. Excelsior/**History:*commissioned as
/Bonhomme Richard/ sub-class in 2251.Upgraded to /Endeavour/
specification in 2275.Lost, presumed destroyed, in 2277.
*NCC-1719**/U.S.S. Eagle/**History:*commissioned as /Bonhomme
Richard/ sub-class in 2251.Upgraded to /Achernar/ specification in
2263.Upgraded to /Endeavour/ specification in 2272.*Notes:*"ST:VI
The Undiscovered Country" ref.Paramount gives the registry as
*NCC-956* (annoyingly visible in ST VI).FASA gives the registry as
*NCC-1738*.
*NCC-1720**/U.S.S. Lafayette/**History:*commissioned as
/Bonhomme Richard/ sub-class in 2251.Upgraded to /Endeavour/
specification in 2275.
*NCC-1721**/U.S.S. Wasp/**History:*commissioned as /Bonhomme
Richard/ sub-class in 2251.Upgraded to /Achernar/ specification in
2265.Upgraded to /Endeavour/ specification in 2273.Named after the
WWII USN aircraft carrier, CV-18.
*NCC-1722**/U.S.S. El Dorado/**History:*commissioned as
/Bonhomme Richard/ sub-class in 2251.Upgraded to /Enterprise/
specification in 2275.*Notes:*FASA gives the registry as
*NCC-1724*.
*NCC-1723**/U.S.S. Ari/**History:*commissioned as /Bonhomme
Richard/ sub-class in 2251.Upgraded to /Endeavour/ specification in
2274.
*NCC-1724**/U.S.S. Saratoga/**History:*commissioned as /Bonhomme
Richard/ sub-class in 2252.Upgraded to /Endeavour/ specification in
2274.Sometime before 2285 heavily damaged in combat with Klingons
and scrapped.*Notes:*FASA gives the registry as *NCC-1720*.As the
*/U.S.S. Saratoga/* from ST IV is actually *NCC-1867* and
not*NCC-1892* and hence was originally a /Surya/ class frigate and
not anew build /Cyane/ class, this ship must have a different
name.
*NCC-1725**/U.S.S. Tori/**History:*commissioned as /Bonhomme
Richard/ sub-class in 2252.Upgraded to /Achernar/ specification in
2264.Upgraded to /Endeavour/ specification in 2274.
*NCC-1726**/U.S.S. Kreiger/**History:*commissioned as /Bonhomme
Richard/ sub-class in 2252.Upgraded to /Enterprise/ specification
in 2273.
*NCC-1727**/U.S.S. Essex/**History:*commissioned as /Bonhomme
Richard/ sub-class in 2252.Assigned as training vessel in
2267.Decommissioned in 2295.*Notes:*Paramount gives the registry as
*NCC-1697*FASA gives the registry as *NCC-1719*.Named after the
WWII USN aircraft carrier, CV-9.
*NCC-1728**/U.S.S. Truxton/**History:*commissioned as Endeavour
sub-class in 2275.
*NCC-1729**/U.S.S. Confiance/**History:*commissioned as
Endeavour sub-class in 2275.
*NCC-1730**/U.S.S. Bunker Hill/**History:*commissioned as
Endeavour sub-class in 2275.*Notes:*FASA gives the registry as
*NCC-1745*.
*NCC-1731**/U.S.S. La Vengeance/**History:*commissioned as
Endeavour sub-class in 2275.
Achernar and Tikopai sub-classes
To make this page a bit smaller I've moved these sub-classes
onto aseparate page. /Achernar/ and /Tikopai/ vessels.
*NCC-1843**/U.S.S. Levant/**History:*commissioned as /Enterprise
(II)/ sub-class in 2290.Possibly named after the 19th century RN
sloop */H.M.S. Levant/*captured by the */U.S.S. Constitution/* in
1814.
*NCC-1844**/U.S.S. Ticonderoga/**History:*commissioned as
/Enterprise (II)/ sub-class.*Notes:*FASA gives registry as
*NCC-1736*.Named after the WWII USN aircraft carrier, CV-14.
*NCC-1845**/U.S.S. Raritan/**History:*commissioned as
/Enterprise (II)/ sub-class.Named after the USN frigate launched in
1843 and destroyed in 1861.
*NCC-1846**/U.S.S. Temeraire/**History:*commissioned as
/Enterprise (II)/ sub-class in 2289.
*NCC-1847**/U.S.S. America/**History:*commissioned as
/Enterprise (II)/ sub-class.
*NCC-1848**/U.S.S. Scipion/**History:*commissioned as
/Enterprise (II)/ sub-class.
*NCC-1849**/U.S.S. Alliance/**History:*commissioned as
/Enterprise (II)/ sub-class.
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