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Class(es) of the USS Enterprise From 1960s Star Trek
Class(es) of the USS Enterprise From 1960s Star Trek
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Please remember that the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought of 1905, was a radical change of direction, not only for her steam turbines, but for her gunnery arrangement.
This is where the term 'starship' came from. It was a reordering of what had been to a new form, more efficient.
Speculation: Star Fleet ships, went from the equivalent of steam pistons (pulsed fusion) to steam turbines (matter/antimatter, continuous). This producing a more efficient propulsion system.
This didn't break initially the time barrier, but was forecast to be able to.
This is where the term 'starship' came from. It was a reordering of what had been to a new form, more efficient.
Speculation: Star Fleet ships, went from the equivalent of steam pistons (pulsed fusion) to steam turbines (matter/antimatter, continuous). This producing a more efficient propulsion system.
This didn't break initially the time barrier, but was forecast to be able to.
My head cannon:
- Several different space cruiser Class Ships (1700+ Constitutions are one these classes) are refit into a deep space exploration mission (i.e. 5YM) specific configuration designated the Starship Class.
- In 2265, United Earth Starfleet (later Starfleet and its space assets like Starships, Space Ships, Starbases, Space Stations and Outposts will be transferred under UFP) updates the design of the Starship Class and authorizes 12 new Starship Class ships to be refit and launched between May 2266 through May 2268.
- As Starship Class ships are retired or lost, Starfleet replaces these ships with refit or newly built ships to bring them up to twelve, again.
- The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 is selected (just after WNMHGB), refit at the San Francisco Yards for the 5 year mission for a 430 crew, and re-launched in 2266 for its 5YM (just in time for the fall TV schedule
). - As of Court Martial (Stardate 2947), only 10 ships are in service, but shortly later in Tomorrow is Yesterday (Stardate 3113), 12 ship are now in service.
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If one took "Starship-class" like the British "Weapon-class destroyers" there was no HMS Weapon in that class. Just ships named after weapons. If Starfleet did something similar, they would have named all the new ships after famous starships from the last century, which would include the NX-01 Enterprise.
However there is also the tale of the Essex-class carriers, and their numerous subclass names over the decades. There are at least a half-dozen subclasses for those 24 ships, but after they were all decommissioned, they all reverted to "Essex-class". Constitution-class could be something similar. How they all started out, but as time and refits happened, there became a number of subclasses (Sombra, Constitution, Starship, Enterprise), but by the 24th century, they are just Constitution-class again in the records.
However there is also the tale of the Essex-class carriers, and their numerous subclass names over the decades. There are at least a half-dozen subclasses for those 24 ships, but after they were all decommissioned, they all reverted to "Essex-class". Constitution-class could be something similar. How they all started out, but as time and refits happened, there became a number of subclasses (Sombra, Constitution, Starship, Enterprise), but by the 24th century, they are just Constitution-class again in the records.
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