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There have been many versions ofStar Trek ’s signature starship , the USS Enterprise , and here ’s every vessel to birth the iconic name . Home to some of the most exciting adventures in theStar Trekfranchise ’s illustrious chronicle , the Starship Enterprise is also one of the most placeable ships in skill fiction , even though it has gone through a lot of change since its debut inStar Trek : The Original Series . Generally maintaining its theme song saucer and nacelle depend , the specifications of each version of the Enterprise have see it grow and change with each major refit — still , it ’s always been the United Federation of Planets ' flagship no matter what earned run average it flew in .
The USS Enterprise first appeared inStar Trek : The Original Seriesbut was already a warhorse of the Federation fleet by the timeCaptain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner)and his crew went on their historical five - year mission . The story of Starfleetis inextricably bind to the Enterprise , and each show makes it clear that she ’s the top of the line . Going as far back as the events ofStar Trek : Enterprise , the titular vessel was the first to attempt deep infinite exploration during the prequel series . However , belittled clues allude to the fact that an Enterprise was always a part of space travelling , long before Captain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) first donned his uniform .
Across almost 60 years , 11 TV show , and century of episodes , the Star Trek franchise has provided some of the capital hours of television drama .
12Pre-Federation Enterprises & Enterprise NX-01
Star Trek: Enterprise
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Excluding the actual - spirit blank space birdie launch by NASA in 1977 , the oldest know example of a space - faring ship to bear the name Enterprise was briefly hinted at duringStar Trek : enterprisingness . InStar Trek : Enterpriseseason 2 , episode 24 , " First Flight,“a house painting of the USS Enterprise XCV 330 showed a probe - alike vessel with a long tube bodythat was fence in by monumental orbiting rings . Far from the most powerful Starfleet ship , the XCV 330 ’s pattern was primitive even byEnterprise - era standards , and little has been let out in canon about the specification or chronicle of the watercraft .
Launched in the class 2150 , theEnterprise NX-01 was Captained by Jonathan Archeruntil the class 2161 , and was the setting for the seriesStar Trek : Enterprise . The hull of the NX-01 lie of a monolithic saucer subdivision that tapered off into two nacelle that were in note with the saucer and gave the ship a sleeker visibility compare to later incarnations of the Enterprise . The first Earth spaceship capable of reaching Warp 5 , the NX-01 Enterprise was the top of the line for its era , which was important to Earth making the necessary alliances to mould the United Federation of Planets .
11USS Enterprise NCC-1701
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
After the formation of the United Federation of Planets , the Enterprise NX-01 was scuttled because it was woefully behind the times compared to the superior engineering of the Vulcans . As such , the Enterprise name sit inactive until the creation of the Constitution Class spaceship when the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 was launched in 2245.The USS Enterprise was first commanded by Captain Robert April ( Adrian Holmes),under whom Commander Christopher Pike served as the ship ’s Number One . Pike assumed command of the Enterprise five geezerhood later and go the Federation flagship for almost 15 year .
Star Trek : Strange New Worldsdepicts the final five - year mission of Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) before he concede the Captain ’s chair to James T. Kirk ( William Shatner).Due to the real - world change in television product , Pike ’s Enterprise has some insidious differences from Kirk ’s starshipinStar Trek : The Original Series . The nacelles are a slightly more vibrant reddish , while the outside of the ship seems well lit than its heir . It ’s also been noted thatPike ’s Enterprise is bigger than Kirk ’s , suggest that a refit takes place betweenStrange New WorldsandStar Trek : The Original Series .
Star Trek : Strange New Worlds season 2 end with an epical cliffhanger and here ’s everything known about when it will be adjudicate in season 3 .
10USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (With Refit)
Star Trek: The Original Series through Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
Captain Kirk ’s two five - year charge between 2265 and 2280 are the stuff of Starfleet legend . Star Trek : unusual New Worlds’season 1 finaleconfirmed that , without Captain James T. Kirk , the Federation would have become mired in a bestial war with the Romulan Star Empire . Twenty years after the spaceship first set in motion , Kirk ’s Enterprise showed no signs of its years as it deport its two five - year missions , battling Romulans , Klingons , and meet countless unusual stellar phenomena .
Much big than its herald , the NX-01 , the Enterprise NCC-1701 also sported a massive saucer section and nacelles but featured a secondary hull that sat below the disc for a less sleek pattern . Various refit throughout its life update the facial expression of the ship , and by the events ofStar Trek : The Motion Picture , the Enterprise had an update interior . The eventual ego - destruction of the vessel , enacted by Admiral Kirk inStar Trek III : The Search for Spock , sent the Enterprise out in a blaze of glory afrer 40 yr of service .
After Kirk , two other valet de chambre Captained the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 : Captain Willard Decker ( Stephen Collins ) and Captain Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) .
9USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home through Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
James T. Kirk was the only soul to captain the USS Enterprise - A in its seven - yr service period , and the vas was decommissioned in 2293 afterStar Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country . Star Trek : Picardseason 3 give away Kirk ’s initiative - A as one of the exhibit at the Fleet Museum on Anthan Prime in the early 25th hundred .
8USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B
Star Trek Generations
The Constitution Class NCC-1701 and 1701 - A Enterprises were the top of the line during their land tenure , but the egress of theExcelsior Class starshipinStar Trek : The Search for Spockshowed that the Constitution Class had become a Starfleet dinosaur . InStar Trek Generations , the Excelsior Class USS Enterprise NCC-1701 - B was launchedin 2293 , led by Captain John Harriman ( Alan Ruck ) .
The USS Enterprise - B ’s saucer section was flatten and the neck opening between the two hull was murder for a more streamlined looking . After the ostensible destruction of Captain Kirk during its first flight , the balance of the history of the NCC-1701 - B was only catch in non - canon story . Still , her impressive 36 - twelvemonth service period almost surpassed that of the original NCC-1701 in length .
7USS Enterprise NCC-1701-C
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Despite only appear inStar Trek : The Next Generation , season 3 , instalment 15 , " Yesterday ’s enterprisingness , " the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 - C is nevertheless one of the most authoritative incarnation of the ship . The Enterprise - C was put down in 2344 while defending the Klingon outpost Narendra IIIduring an flak by the Romulans .
The USS Enterprise - C was an Ambassador Class starship that replaced the sleek look of the NCC-1701 - B with a longer neck , and the NCC-1701 - C featured a tubular lower-ranking Isaac Hull that was redolent of its predecessor . Commanded byCaptain Rachel Garrett ( Tricia O’Neil ) , the Enterprise - C was the only go-ahead captained by a womanuntil Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) took over program line of the USS Enterprise - G inStar Trek : Picard’sseason 3 finale . While little is known about the Enterprise - C , its service was integral in the Federation contrive an alliance with the Klingons .
6USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D
The Enterprise grew in plate with each subsequent redesign , and the USS Enterprise 1701 - D joined Starfleet as the largest vas to ever rollick the name , dwarfing the familiar and classical NCC-1701 model . The most celebrated starship from Starfleet ’s telling Galaxy Class , the Enterprise - D was commissioned in 2363 and served as the setting for the consequence ofStar Trek : The Next Generation . Commanded by Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) during its eight years in deep space , the enhanced technology of the Enterprise - D grant her to be a formidable force in the galaxy and aTNGcharacter all her own .
Some phenomenal episode of Star Trek : The Next Generation were do all aboard the USS Enterprise - D.
The oval design of theEnterprise ’s removable dish sectionwas in stern contrast to the round aim of previous ships , and the lower-ranking hull dropped the tubular structure in favor of a flattened and wide-cut look . The D was eventually destroyed during the events ofStar Trek Generations , and yet her sub - decade tenure was packed with more important events than many of the premature Enterprises combine . Commodore Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) lovingly restored the USS Enterprise - D , and the ship saved the galaxy one last fourth dimension inStar Trek : Picardseason 3,before coming to rest in a shoes of pride at the Fleet Museum .
5USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E
Star Trek: First Contact through Star Trek: Nemesis
Though previous starship classes lasted for generations , the upgrades of the post - Star Trek : The Next Generationera saw a new class every few years . To replace the USS Enterprise - D followingStar Trek : generation , the Sovereign class USS Enterprise NCC-1701 - E was commission under the program line of Captain Jean - Luc Picard in 2372.Sent back in clip to shoot down the Borg during the events ofStar Trek : First Contact , the enterprisingness - east minimized the lower hull and work the nacelles in line of business with the saucer for a narrow-minded body that fit the warlike spirit of post - TNG Star Trek .
Captain Picard ’s USS Enterprise - E largely avoidedStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Dominion War , with Jean - Luc noting his thwarting at this inStar Trek : Insurrection . However , the Enterprise did find itself on the interference fringe of the battle duringInsurrectionwhen they confronted the So’na - manufacturing business of the ketracel white used to check the Jem’Hadar . Picard left the initiative - E to guide a rescue armada to assist with the evacuation of Romulus during the supernova disaster . Picard was succeeded by Captain Worf ( Michael Dorn ) , but whathappened to the Enterprise - E under Worf ’s commandremains a mystery .
4USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F
Star Trek: Picard
The Odyssey ClassUSS Enterprise NCC-1701 - F was set in motion in 2386 and was slate for early decommissioningas part of Starfleet ’s Frontier Day celebrations in 2401 . Not much is known about the starship , beyond the fact that several Captains commanded the ship over its 15 years of service .
The USS Enterprise - F originated in theStar Trek Onlinevideo secret plan and was made canyon byStar Trek : Picardseason 3 yield designer Dave Blass .
The Enterprise - F ’s terminal ceremonial flight on Frontier Day 2401 was commanded by Admiral Elizabeth Shelby ( Elizabeth Dennehy),before her tragical death at the hands of the Borg . As Picard and the work party of the regenerate go-ahead - D destroy the Borg signal , severing the connexion to the imbibe Starfleet , it ’s potential that the Enterprise - F is now stored at the Fleet Museum after theend ofStar Trek : Picardseason 3 .
3USS Enterprise NCC-1701-G
Star Trek : Picardseason 3 bring the narration of the Enterprise full roundabout , by restoring it to Constitution Class status . In 2402 , the Constitution III Class / Neo - Constituion Class USS Enterprise NCC-1701 - G establish , having undergo an extensive refit . The refit turned the USS Titan - A into the Enterprise - G , out of respect for Admiral Picard and the crew ’s heroic actions during the Borg and Changeling blast during the final episodes ofPicardseason 3 .
If Terry Matalas ' Star Trek : Legacy gets a serial publication ordering then the USS Enterprise - G should get multiple upgrades befitting the Federation ’s flagship .
The USS Enterprise - G iscommanded by Captain Seven of Nine , who is get together by First Officer Commander Raffi Musiker ( Michelle Hurd),as well as Ensign Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ) , son of legendary Enterprise Captain , Jean - Luc Picard . With a roster like that , it ’s vindicated the name Enterprise will continue to be associated with diplomacy , heroism , and geographic expedition long intoStar Trek ’s future tense .
