Constitution (class)

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  • Heavy cruiser
  • History
    • Initial designs: 2238 (ENT Novel: Last Full Measure)
      • Developed from a modification of the Baton Rouge class, using USS Constellation (NCC-1017) as a testbed vessel
      • First Starfleet vessel capable of reaching warp 8 (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: Killing Blow)
        • Crew surprised at warp 6 travel per text, refers to it as "impossible", but contradicted by ENT, Rise of the Federation'
        • Assume surprise directed at warp 8 instead; significant aspect of Constitution class, and better fits later presentation of technological development arc anyway
    • First commissioned: USS Constitution (NCC-1700)
      • Launched 2242 (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: Killing Blow)
        • Intended launch date c.2243 (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: Killing Blow)
        • Launched early due to Battle of Donatu V (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: Killing Blow)
    • Retirement: By 2300s
      • Unnamed unit held in Starfleet Fleet Museum for preservation (TNG: "Relics"; SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
  • Statistics
    • Length: 228.6
    • Width: 127.1m
    • Height: 72.6m
    • Mass: 190,000mt
    • Crew:
      • 205 (2254) (TOS: "The Cage")
      • 430 (2266)
      • 431 minimum, 500 recommended (2273) (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Cruising speed: Warp 6 (OS) (MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart")
    • Maximum speed: Warp 8 (OS)
    • Auxiliary vessels: Four Class F shuttlecraft
    • Armament
      • Original design
        • 2x type-IX phaser banks
          • Upgraded to type-ten phaser banks by 2255 (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
        • Torpedo launcher, 6x forward, 1x aft
  • Layout
    • Original design
      • Fourteen science labs (TOS: "Operation: Annihilate!")
      • 22 decks
        • Saucer spans decks 1 to 8
        • Saucer support spans decks 6 to 13
        • Engineering hull spans decks 14 to 22
      • Deck 1
        • Main bridge (TOS)
      • Deck 3
        • Crewmen's lounge (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")
        • Recreation rooms (TOS: "Charlie X", "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")
      • Decks 3 to 5
        • Main impulse engines (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "The Corbomite Maneuver")
          • Auxiliary engineering room located along impulse engines
      • Deck 4
        • Armory (TOS Novel: Errand of Vengeance: The Edge of the Sword)
          • 10 decks above Engineering
        • Crew quarters (TOS: "The Ultimate Computer")
        • Environmental control (TOS: "The Ultimate Computer")
        • Furthest fore-end of the ship by "Trials and Tribble-ations"
      • Deck 5
        • Captain's quarters (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror", "Journey to Babel", "Elaan of Troyius"; TOS Novel: The Captain's Oath)
        • Yeoman's office (TOS Novel: The Captain's Oath)
          • Adjacent cabin to captain's quarters (TOS Novel: The Captain's Oath)
        • Crew quarters
        • Sickbay (TOS: "Amok Time", "Elaan of Troyius")
        • Transporter room (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")
      • Deck 6
        • Briefing room (TOS: "Return to Tomorrow")
        • Crew quarters (TOS: "The Ultimate Computer")
        • Guest quarters (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")
        • Life support (TOS: "Day of the Dove")
        • Transporter room (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 2")
      • Deck 8
        • Auxiliary control (TOS: "I, Mudd")
          • Deck 7, section 21-Alpha on USS Defiant by "Interphase Book 2"
        • Gymnasium (TOS Novel: The Captain's Oath)
      • Deck 9
        • Crew quarters (TOS: "The Man Trap")
        • Life sciences (TOS: "The Man Trap")
      • Deck 12
        • Crew quarters (TOS: "The Enemy Within")
      • Deck 14
        • Transporter room (TOS: "Dagger of the Mind")
        • Main engineering, upper section (TOS: "Dagger of the Mind")
        • Personnel director's office (TOS: "Dagger of the Mind")
        • Maintenance airlock (port and starboard) (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 2")
      • Deck 15
        • Main engineering, lower section
        • Landing bay
      • Deck 20
        • Cargo hold (port and starboard) (SCE Short Story: "Interphase Book 1")
      • Deck 21
        • Lowest habitable level by "Trials and Tribble-ations"
      • Deck 22
        • Antimatter containment
        • Power transfer conduits (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")
        • Satellite bay (TOS: "Operation: Annihilate!")
        • Tank release (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")
    • 2270s Refit design
      • Decks commonly referred to by letter rather than number (e.g., A Deck, B Deck, etc.)
      • Deck 1
        • Main bridge (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, et al.)
      • Deck 3
        • Officers' quarters (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
      • Deck 4
        • Admiral's quarters (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
      • Deck 5
        • Officers' quarters (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
      • Deck 6
        • Crew quarters (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Deck 6-7
        • Main gangway (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Deck 7
        • Science complex (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
          • Occupies full forward quadrant of the deck (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
        • Sickbay (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Deck 13
        • Torpedo bay (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
      • Deck 17-18
        • Cargo/landing bay complex (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
          • Deck can be retracted to provide access to storage bays (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Deck 19
        • Cargo bays (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)

Known ships

Constitution-class
Name Registry Service Begin Service End
USS Constellation (NCC-1017) NCC-1017 (2263) 2267
USS Constitution (NCC-1700) NCC-1700 2242 (2267)
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NCC-1701 2245 2285
USS Farragut (NCC-1702) NCC-1702 (2247) 2257
USS Hood (NCC-1703) NCC-1703 (2267) (2268)
USS Excalibur (NCC-1705) NCC-1705 (2268) 2268
USS Exeter (NCC-1706) NCC-1706 (2267) 2268
USS Ranger (NCC-1707) NCC-1707 (2286) (2286)
USS Intrepid (NCC-1708) NCC-1708 (2255) 2268
USS Lexington (NCC-1709) NCC-1709 (2267) (2268)
USS Potemkin (NCC-1711) NCC-1711 (2268) (2293)
USS Merrimac (NCC-1715) NCC-1715 (2273) (2273)
USS Kongo (NCC-1716) NCC-1716 2248 (2293)
USS Essex (NCC-1727) NCC-1727 (2267) (2267)
USS Defiant (NCC-1764) NCC-1764 (2268) 2268
USS Emden (NCC-1856) NCC-1856 (2293) (2293)
USS Endeavour (NCC-1895) NCC-1895 (2260) (2293)
USS Ahwahnee (NCC-2048) NCC-2048 (2293) (2293)