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The USS Enterprise

The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) was a Constitution-class Federation Battle Cruiser starship.

Launched in 2245, the USS Enterprise was built at the San Francisco Fleet Yards and placed under the command of Captain Robert April. After the successful completion of a five-year mission in 2250 April was promoted to commodore and command of the Enterprise passed to Captain Christopher Pike who had command of the ship until 2265 when he turned it over to Starfleet's youngest ever starship Captain, James Tiberius Kirk.

The ship arguably gained its status as the most famous space-exploration vessel in history due to its historic five-year mission from 2264-2269. During this mission, Enterprise encountered the Romulans for the first time since the Earth-Romulan War, engaged the Doomsday Machine, traveled back in time to 20th-Century Earth, and played host to Khan Noonien Singh, a product of late-20th Century genetic engineering who once fought in the Eugenics Wars.

Kirk's Enterprise had a crew of 430, 14 science labs, an observation deck, a massive lower deck which included main engineering, and a shuttlebay. The ship's armaments included forward phaser banks and photon torpedoes.

The starship underwent several refits, most notably in 2270, which involved an upgrade of most systems and the replacement of the bridge and warp-drive nacelles. This refitted Enterprise was, first, commanded by Captain Willard Decker until the V'Ger incident forced a then-Admiral Kirk to assume command.

In 2285, Admiral Kirk assumed command from Captain Spock during a training mission when the Enterprise was diverted to investigate Regula I. Ultimately, this divergence would result in Kirk's second encounter with Khan, and a brutal combat between Enterprise and the ship Khan hijacked, the USS Reliant. Captain Spock died on this mission.

Shortly before its decommissioning in 2285, Kirk took the Enterprise—against orders—to the Genesis Planet to rescue a rejuvenated Spock. It was also here that the vessel was destroyed by Kirk when threatened by Klingon capture.

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