Does anyone recall what the registry number for Dr. Crusher's medical ship was in All Good Things...?
Starfleet NCC registry numbers - How do they fit? - Also my theory...
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Has there ever been a ship with the registry number 4077? As an homage to MASH. It would be a good one for a hospital ship. Because it literally would be a mobile hospital. 
Not a ship, but there was a Starbase 4077 on a chart. From here:Has there ever been a ship with the registry number 4077? As an homage to MASH. It would be a good one for a hospital ship. Because it literally would be a mobile hospital.
4077 references
- The topmost section of the cryonics satellite was labeled 4077 and Starbase 4077 was labeled on a star chart. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")
- An "Autonomic Functions Warning (4077)" is displayed on the medical computer. (TNG: "Shades of Gray")
- During the test of Timicin's device, a computer displays "Composite sensor analysis - 4077." The reference has special significance in this episode because guest star David Ogden Stiers was a regular on M*A*S*H for much of the series. (TNG: "Half a Life")
- The "Composite Sensor Analysis - 4077" graphic was re-used on a console in main engineering. (TNG: "Silicon Avatar")
- The anti-time subspace distortion that appeared in the Devron system had a distortion in the range of 4,077,000 millicochranes. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
- Scan Analysis 4077 is displayed on the computer display of the subspace divergence field. (VOY: "Deadlock")
- The Doctor analyzes Harry Kim's DNA, which is displayed on a monitor as Biomolecular Scan 4077. (VOY: "Favorite Son")
To be honest we don't know the names of the original 12.
I would love to know - personally, I think they were named after WW2 American aircraft carriers - as a statement of deterrence to the Klingon Empire. I'm not American, it just seems like a logical honor for Starfleet's finest ships in an era of Cold War with the Klingons.
I think I remember some AMT kit had those kind of names, when I was little.
As a Devil's advocate, I'm gonna suggest that the original contract of 12 ships bear consecutive registries (and that the reason for lower numbers on later ships is because other shipyards were awarded contracts to build "a ship" prior) - obviously this is for fun and has no basis canonicity:
Batch 1 (San Francisco Fleet Yards):
USS Constitution NCC-1700
USS Enterprise NCC-1701
USS Hornet NCC-1702
USS Hood NCC-1703
USS Intrepid NCC-1704
USS Independence NCC-1705
USS Franklin NCC-1706
USS Midway NCC-1707
USS Iwo Jima NCC-1708
USS Lexington NCC-1709
USS Yorktown NCC-1710
USS Wasp NCC-1711
Batch 2 (Antares Fleet Yards):
USS Constellation NCC-1017 ???
USS ?????????? NCC-???? ???
Batch 3 (Utopia Planet Fleet Yards):
USS Potemkin NCC-1659 ???
USS ??????? NCC-???? ???
USS ??????? NCC-???? ???
USS ??????? NCC-???? ???
USS ??????? NCC-???? ???
USS Excalibur NCC-1664 ???
Batch 4 (41 Eridani Fleet Yards):
USS ????? NCC-???? ???
USS Exeter NCC-1672 ???
Batch 5 (San Fransisco Fleet Yards):
USS ?????? NCC-???? ???
USS Defiant NCC-1764 ???
Batch 6 (Utopia Planetia Fleet Yards):
USS ???????? NCC-???? ???
USS Endevour NCC-1856 ???
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The Kelvin Timeline comics show us that Captain April commanded a USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) for 18 years (from 2229 to 2257), before it was replaced by the alternate Constitution class from the last three movies.
Canon or not, this implies to me that the Federation might just reuse both starship names *and* registries (why not?), perhaps for ships that are destroyed or completely out of commission. I mean, we know of the NCC-1701-A, B, C, and D (and E), but that might be a special case to honor the legendary NCC-1701.
Perhaps the original Constellation was a ship of the late 22nd century (NCC-1017), that had been lost, and when they built a new Constellation, they just reused the registry.
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Or perhaps the 1010 series only went up to NCC-1016, and when the 1700 series was being constructed, new revenue came in for a ship to be built between NCC-1703 and NCC-1704, so they gave it an unused registry number from an earlier batch.
Canon or not, this implies to me that the Federation might just reuse both starship names *and* registries (why not?), perhaps for ships that are destroyed or completely out of commission. I mean, we know of the NCC-1701-A, B, C, and D (and E), but that might be a special case to honor the legendary NCC-1701.
Perhaps the original Constellation was a ship of the late 22nd century (NCC-1017), that had been lost, and when they built a new Constellation, they just reused the registry.
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Or perhaps the 1010 series only went up to NCC-1016, and when the 1700 series was being constructed, new revenue came in for a ship to be built between NCC-1703 and NCC-1704, so they gave it an unused registry number from an earlier batch.
Actually, April's Enterprise wasn't NCC-1701. The artist screwed up and used the Abrams Enterprise in the panel instead.
The reason registry numbers exist in the real world is to create a distinction between ships which share the same name. If the Federation reuses registry numbers, they are defeating the purpose of the registry number. The Enterprises getting 1701 reused is pushing things as it is, but at least they mix it up by adding letters at the end.
We have seen a Federation civilian transport with a BDR registry, but this was apparently an in-joke.
