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Bad Starship Names

In "The Cage" (set in 2254) he is a Lieutenant, then by the time of TOS S1 (2265/66) he was referred to several times as Lieutenant Commander (despite wearing Commander braids) and finally as Commander in "Amok Time" (2267), so he'd not exactly been pushing himself to excel in rank over an 11 year period. If we take what was said in JJTrek 1 that someone could make Captain in 8 years, then a Vulcan classmate of Spock's could easily have surpassed him in rank and been given command of the Intrepid and then pulled together an all Vulcan crew. I know, it's a bit of a stretch, but all things are possible, lol.
That doesn’t change the fact that nothing in any official lore (or even any behind the scenes lore documentation) says Spock was the first Vulcan in starfleet.

It’s a Star Trek urban legend.


There was also a USS R.E. Lee in the game Starfleet Command

https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/USS_R.E._Lee
 
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U.S.S. The Starship Formerly Known as Yorktown.

Briefly a symbol to cut back on hull detailing man hours.
 
Not bad per se but it was a bit of a stretch that almost all starship classes at the Battle of the Binary Stars were named after (obscure) North American 20th century aviation pioneers.
 
At least Shran of Andoria got recognition. He always liked being in the middle of the action. :)
 
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