162-697: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) is a starship in the Star Trek media franchise. It is the main setting of the original Star Trek television series (1966–69), and it is depicted in films , other television series, spin-off fiction , products, and fan-created media . Under the command of Captain James T. Kirk , the Enterprise carries its crew on a mission "to explore strange, new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before ." Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022–present) depicts
324-501: A British Admiralty pennant that was hoisted when a majority of the Admiralty Board members were present. The pennant was given to Enterprise as a token of respect from several high-ranking officers of an ally. She returned to New York on 25 December 1945 with 4,413 servicemen. On this nine-day trip, she encountered four storms, some with winds of 80 miles per hour (130 km/h) that caused 75-foot (23 m) waves that swamped
486-520: A cameo appearance at the end of the Star Trek: Enterprise series finale, " These Are the Voyages... " (2005). Artists creating another CGI Enterprise for the remastered original series had to ensure the model was not so detailed that it was incongruous with the overall 1960s production. The Enterprise was redesigned for the 2009 Star Trek film. Previsualization lead David Dozoretz credits
648-529: A metaphor for the aging Star Trek franchise. io9 ranked the film appearance as the second-best design of an Enterprise . The destruction of the Enterprise in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock has been described as "truly iconic" and "a good way to go", though David Gerrold wrote that it "casts a pall" over The Search for Spock that even Spock's resurrection does not displace. In her biography of DeForest Kelley , Terry Lee Rioux calls
810-513: A Japanese carrier force and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands was under way. Enterprise aircraft struck carriers and cruisers during the struggle, while the ship herself underwent intensive attack. Hit twice by bombs, Enterprise lost 44 men and had 75 wounded. Despite serious damage, she remained in action and took on board a large number of planes and crewmen from Hornet when that carrier
972-410: A blending of old and new Star Trek . Another Discovery producer, Aaron Harberts , wasn't worried whether fans were satisfied with the ship's redesign: while many of the staff who developed the new appearance were Star Trek fans, Harberts said fans rarely agree on anything. The Enterprise bridge appears in the second season's finale. Production designer Tamara Deverell and her team wanted to honor
1134-447: A bomb's near miss damaged the hull and flooded the starboard bilge causing the ship to list by almost 15 degrees until counter-flooding in the port bilge righted the ship. Enterprise planes also hit the battleship Fusō , as one bomb destroyed the catapult and both floatplanes, while another bomb hit the ship near Turret No. 2 and penetrated the decks, killing everyone in No. 1 secondary battery;
1296-474: A brief visit to Ulithi, Enterprise joined TG 58.5 on 10 February 1945, and provided day and night combat air patrol for TF 58 as it struck Tokyo on 16–17 February. She then supported the Marines in the Battle of Iwo Jima from 19 February – 9 March, when she sailed for Ulithi. During one part of that period, Enterprise kept aircraft aloft continuously over Iwo Jima for 174 hours. Departing Ulithi on 15 March,
1458-555: A cruiser–destroyer group during the Battle of Rennell Island . Despite the destruction of most of the attacking Japanese bombers by Enterprise planes, the heavy cruiser Chicago was sunk by aerial torpedoes . Detached after the battle, the carrier arrived at Espiritu Santo on 1 February, and for the next three months operated out of that base, covering U.S. surface forces up to the Solomons. Captain Samuel Ginder assumed command of
1620-567: A five-year journey. The Enterprise model was slightly refurbished for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), with its exterior shine dulled and extra detail added to the frame. Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) staff found the Enterprise difficult to work with: it took eight people to mount the model and a forklift to move it. Illustrator Mike Minor described the ship as a "sculpture" with an "aerodynamic shape," requiring careful filming so that its movements did not appear "silly". ILM developed several techniques to depict battle damage to
1782-548: A fourth season of the original. The animated show's limited color palette could not accommodate all of the ship's various colors, so the Enterprise was depicted as a consistent gray. The Enterprise was meant to serve as a familiar, recurring setting, similar to Dodge City in Gunsmoke and Blair General Hospital in Dr. Kildare . The bridge was monochromatic for "The Cage", but it was redecorated for "Where No Man Has Gone Before" because of
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#17328586149711944-496: A front-facing window, but the Enterprise had never been depicted with one. The solution was to depict the Enterprise bridge as having a large piece of transparent aluminum at its front that can become either transparent or opaque. Eaves sent the design team's model to the visual effects team, which made further design changes. Discovery producer Gretchen J. Berg said she hoped fans see the Enterprise 's appearance in Discovery as
2106-416: A general categorization of the kinds of starships: The Alcubierre drive is a speculative warp drive conjectured by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre in a 1994 paper which has not been peer-reviewed . The paper suggests that space itself could be topographically warped to create a local region of spacetime wherein the region ahead of the "warp bubble" is compressed, allowed to resume normalcy within
2268-581: A heavy strike by aircraft of TF 50 against Kwajalein on 4 December, Enterprise returned to Pearl Harbor five days later. The carrier's next operation was with the Fast Carrier Task Force in softening up the Marshall Islands and supporting the landings on Kwajalein, from 29 January-3 February 1944. Then, Enterprise sailed, still with TF 58, to strike the Japanese naval base at Truk Lagoon in
2430-471: A massive augmented reality LED volume to depict the scale of main engineering. Due to COVID-19 , some sets were not complete when filming began; Goldsman said they were "building the Enterprise around shooting on the Enterprise ." Production designers also changed the color scheme, "warming" it from its Discovery palette. A specific shade of red is used as a secondary color throughout the ship, complementing warm and cold off-whites. Starfleet commissioned
2592-412: A memorial. At her inactivation, it was announced that the ninth ship to bear the name Enterprise would be the planned Gerald R. Ford -class aircraft carrier , CVN-80 . It has not been confirmed what, if any, artifacts from USS Enterprise (CV-6) will be incorporated into this next generation aircraft carrier, although a time capsule containing mementos from both CV-6 and CVN-65 will be presented to
2754-726: A mixed squadron of Enterprise and Yorktown bombers, flying from Enterprise , disabled Hiryu , leaving her burning. The following day Enterprise dive bombers alone sank the cruiser Mikuma . While Yorktown and Hammann were the only American ships sunk, TF 16 and TF 17 lost a total of 113 planes, 61 of them in combat. Japanese losses were much higher: four carriers (all scuttled ), one cruiser and 272 carrier aircraft with many of their highly experienced aircrews. Despite losses to her aircraft squadrons, Enterprise came through undamaged and returned to Pearl Harbor on 13 June 1942. Captain Arthur C. Davis relieved Murray on 30 June 1942. After
2916-543: A month of rest and overhaul, Enterprise sailed on 15 July 1942 for the South Pacific, where she joined TF 61 to support the amphibious landings in the Solomon Islands on 8 August. For the next two weeks, the carrier and her planes guarded seaborne communication lines southwest of the Solomons. On 24 August, a strong Japanese force was discovered some 200 miles (300 km) north of Guadalcanal , and TF 61 sent planes to
3078-559: A much-needed overhaul. Over the course of several months, Enterprise received an extensive refit, which included, among other upgrades, new anti-aircraft weapons and an anti-torpedo blister that significantly improved her underwater protection. This mid-war refit is where she would receive her two iconic "6"s on her flight decks. Captain Matthias Gardner relieved Ginder on 7 November. Back at Pearl Harbor on 6 November, Enterprise left four days later to provide close air support to
3240-566: A pair of engine nacelles. Probert did this in part to assuage skeptical fans who were concerned about the original Enterprise being "replaced". Much of Probert's design is based on a "what if?" painting he made after finalizing the 1979 film Enterprise design. The USS Titan in Star Trek: Picard 's third season draws inspiration from the film redesign, which producer Terry Matalas called "the best starship design ever made. The starship Enterprise has had considerable cultural impact, and
3402-475: A second five-year mission under Kirk's command between the events of the first and second films. Captain Spock commands the Enterprise , serving as a training ship, at the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in 2285. Kirk assumes command to investigate problems at space station Regula 1. The USS Reliant , hijacked by Khan Noonien Singh , seriously damages the Enterprise ; Spock sacrifices his life to save
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#17328586149713564-624: A series of three Operation Magic Carpet voyages to Europe , bringing home more than 10,000 veterans in her final service to her country. The first European voyage returned 4,668 servicemen from Southampton , England, in November 1945. On the second trip to Europe, she was boarded by the British First Lord of the Admiralty , Sir Albert Alexander in Southampton, who presented Enterprise with
3726-411: A ship – inspired future Star Trek vessel designs. Jefferies designed the hull to be smooth, concluding that the ship's important machinery would be inside the hull. The Enterprise was originally named Yorktown , but Roddenberry was fascinated by the aircraft carrier Enterprise and had "always been proud of that ship and wanted to use the name." The NCC-1701 registry stems from NC being one of
3888-559: A small model of this design that, when held from a string, hung upside-down – an appearance he had to "unsell". He kept the hull smooth, with a sense that the ship's components were serviced from inside. He designed the Klingon starship seen in the third season by rearranging and changing the shape of Enterprise ' s basic modules: a main body, two engine pods, and a neck with a head on it. Some of Jefferies' rejected design concepts – such as spherical hull sections and warp engines that encircle
4050-577: A small rubber raft after their food and water were washed overboard, before drifting ashore on the atoll of Pukapuka , where the natives fed them and notified Allied authorities. The three men were then picked up by USS Swan . Dixon was awarded the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism, exceptional determination, resourcefulness, skilled seamanship, excellent judgment and highest quality of leadership." On 1 February 1942, Enterprise ' s Task Force 8 raided Kwajalein , Wotje , and Maloelap in
4212-428: A spacecraft drifting through space. Additionally, the model was so large there was little room in the filming space for the camera to move around it. Anderson could not keep up with the filming and special effects needs for regular production, so producers hired several other studios to contribute effects and additional footage. Motion control equipment was too expensive, so the ship was filmed with stop motion . Filming
4374-424: A straight-wall design similar to the television series, and Michelson changed them to an angular design with light radiating upward. Director Robert Wise wanted the corridors to be narrower than on the television series, and mirrors gave the impression that they were longer than they actually were. Wise was also responsible for the ship's drab interior color scheme: the muted colors were meant to be comfortable across
4536-411: A total of 76 pilots and aircrew were lost. In sharp contrast, American carrier aircraft, with a major assist from U.S. submarines, sank three Japanese carriers ( Hiyō , Shōkaku , and Taihō ), and destroyed 426 carrier aircraft, losses from which Japanese naval aviation would never recover. Enterprise participated both in the defense of the fleet and in the subsequent early-evening strike against
4698-422: A vessel. Other than a few small notes, they were given no explicit direction about the ship's appearance; Schneider called the redesign project the trio's "golden hour". They considered but quickly rejected a design significantly different from Jefferies' original. Eaves created 10 relatively similar sketches that streamlined the original Enterprise to appear more consistent with Discovery 's sleek aesthetic, and
4860-489: Is a member of the Starship Class". Licensed texts, on-screen graphics, and dialogue later describe the ship as a Constitution -class vessel. The first miniature built from Jefferies' drawings was a 4-inch (100 mm) scale model. Desilu Studios , which produced Star Trek , hired Richard C. Datin to make a pre-production model. Datin used a subcontractor with a large lathe for major subcomponents and otherwise worked on
5022-785: Is a theoretical spacecraft designed for traveling between planetary systems . The term is mostly found in science fiction . Reference to a "star-ship" appears as early as 1882 in Oahspe: A New Bible . While NASA 's Voyager and Pioneer probes have traveled into local interstellar space, the purpose of these uncrewed craft was specifically interplanetary, and they are not predicted to reach another star system; Voyager 1 probe and Gliese 445 will pass one another within 1.6 light years in about 40,000 years. Several preliminary designs for starships have been undertaken through exploratory engineering , using feasibility studies with modern technology or technology thought likely to be available in
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5184-645: Is an idea to use nuclear fusion of interstellar gas to provide propulsion. Examined in an October 1973 issue of Analog , the Enzmann Starship proposed using a 12,000-ton ball of frozen deuterium to power pulse propulsion units. Twice as long as the Empire State Building is tall and assembled in-orbit, the proposed spacecraft would be part of a larger project preceded by interstellar probes and telescopic observation of target star systems. The NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program (1996–2002)
5346-510: Is demoted to captain and given command of a new USS Enterprise , NCC-1701-A . The 2009 reboot film Star Trek and its sequels occur in a different timeline than the original Star Trek . The Enterprise first appears while under construction in Riverside, Iowa , in 2255. Captain Christopher Pike commands Enterprise on its 2258 maiden voyage to respond to a Vulcan distress call. At
5508-492: Is no sound in space, producers thought that dramatic license required the ship to make noise during exterior shots. The sound of the ship "whoosh"ing past in the main title sequence was recorded by composer Alexander Courage . Although the interior in The Animated Series was largely recreated from the live action series, a second turbolift was added to the bridge in response to Roddenberry being asked, "What do they do if
5670-512: The 27th Infantry Division landing on Makin Atoll , during the Battle of Makin , from 19–21 November 1943. On the night of 26 November, Enterprise introduced carrier-based night fighters to the Pacific when a three-plane team from the ship broke up a large group of land-based bombers attacking TG 50.2. Two of the three planes returned to the ship, with LCDR Edward "Butch" O'Hare the only casualty. After
5832-640: The Battle of the Philippine Sea , and the Battle of Leyte Gulf . Enterprise earned 20 battle stars , the most for any U.S. warship in World War II, and was the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II . She was also the first American ship to sink a full-sized enemy warship after the Pacific War had been declared when her aircraft sank the Japanese submarine I-70 on 10 December 1941. On three occasions during
5994-637: The Caroline Islands , on 17 February. Again Enterprise made aviation history, when she launched the first night radar bombing attack from a U.S. carrier. The twelve torpedo bombers in this strike achieved excellent results, accounting for nearly one-third of the 200,000 tons of shipping destroyed by aircraft. Detached from TF 58 with escorts, Enterprise launched raids on Jaluit Atoll on 20 February, then steamed to Majuro and Espiritu Santo. Sailing on 15 March in TG 36.1, she provided air cover and close support for
6156-472: The Concorde jet , B-17 bomber , and Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner. The interiors are also exemplars of 1960s design. Popular Mechanics said the original Enterprise has the best design of the franchise's various ships named Enterprise . io9 ranked the original design as the best version of the Enterprise , characterizing the original as superior to ten later versions of its namesake. Harris included
6318-623: The East Coast and in the Caribbean until April 1939, when she was ordered to duty in the Pacific . Enterprise was one of fourteen ships to receive the early RCA CXAM-1 radar . Captain George D. Murray assumed command of the carrier on 21 March 1941. Based first at San Diego (where she was used in the filming of Dive Bomber , starring Errol Flynn and Fred MacMurray ) and then at Pearl Harbor on
6480-466: The Enterprise "as both a character unto herself and as a mirror reflecting the people who inhabit her." The original Enterprise and 1979 film designs have affected subsequent Star Trek productions. The USS Excelsior in Star Trek III is meant to make the Enterprise "look old and out of date". Model maker Bill George tried to imagine what the Enterprise would look like if it were designed by
6642-427: The Enterprise a "mother goddess" who, consistent with "one of the oldest and highest myths" in humanity, sacrifices herself so her children, the crew, can live on. David C. Fein, who produced the director's cut of The Motion Picture , described the Enterprise as Kirk's lover, and said destroying the ship meant Kirk "killed the woman that he loves more than any existing being in the world." Popular Mechanics ranked
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6804-745: The Enterprise as one of the 50 most significant objects to appear in film, alongside the ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz , the Maschinenmensch in Metropolis , and the Batmobile in Batman Begins . Time called the ship's redesign for The Motion Picture "bold" and "handsome". Conversely, Harlan Ellison called the Enterprise a "jalopy" in The Motion Picture , and The Washington Post said
6966-501: The Enterprise bridge. An Enterprise bridge replica created for a Star Trek fan series was later opened as a public exhibit. The distinct beeps emitted by R2-D2 in Star Wars are "an offspring" of the melodic sounds created for the Enterprise ' s bridge console. Vulcan , Alberta , created a 31-foot (9.4 m) model starship inspired by the Enterprise . Starship A starship , starcraft , or interstellar spacecraft
7128-496: The Enterprise in 2245. Robert April is the Enterprise ' s first captain, succeeded by Christopher Pike . Pike leads the Enterprise for approximately a decade, and he is the commanding officer in the original pilot , the second season of Star Trek: Discovery , and in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Throughout the first live action and animated Star Trek television series, Captain James T. Kirk commands
7290-600: The Enterprise looked "like a toy boat in a lava lamp" in The Wrath of Khan. Entertainment Weekly wrote that, after being depicted as a complicated vessel requiring detailed care in The Wrath of Khan , it seemed "a bit loony" for the Enterprise to be operable by just a handful of officers in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock . Jill Sherwin suggested that the aging Enterprise in The Search for Spock served as
7452-548: The Enterprise sets to convey a shared motif. A new bridge had been designed and partially built for Phase II , and Michelson largely retained the design and its consoles. The weapons console was rotated 90 degrees to break the monotony of stations facing the wall. Designer Lee Cole brought logic and function to the console designs, though Michelson wanted to remain focused on "drama, spectacle and beauty" over accuracy and logic. Rear projection films for bridge displays came initially from Stowmar Enterprises. When production exhausted
7614-465: The Enterprise to the home and ranch on Bonanza , the location of some of that show's best episodes. He also said they would create new Enterprise sets to "help counteract any 'sameness' about the ship". Roddenberry described the ship's hallways as "Des Moines Holiday Inn Style". To keep the ship from looking too sterile, Mike Minor created paintings that hung in Kirk's quarters, the recreation area, and
7776-463: The Enterprise under the command of Kirk's predecessor, Captain Christopher Pike . Matt Jefferies designed the Enterprise for television, and its core components – a flying saucer -shaped primary hull, two offset engine nacelles , and a cylindrical secondary hull – persisted across several television and film redesigns. The vessel influenced the design of subsequent franchise spacecraft, and
7938-686: The Enterprise was the franchise's most important character, pointing out: Crucially, the famous words that begin each episode of the TV show, and that recur in the films, are not "These are the voyages of Captain Kirk ..." or "These are the voyages of Starfleet ..." They are "These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise ..." Writing in the Journal of Popular Film & Television , National Air and Space Museum curator Margaret Weitekamp identifies two distinct celebrity Enterprise s:
8100-533: The Enterprise without actually harming the model. The much smaller budget for The Wrath of Khan required the reuse of existing sets, but they presented challenges in realizing director Nicholas Meyer 's desire for a "livelier" tone. The Enterprise was given a ship's bell , boatswain's call , and more blinking lights and signage to match the nautical atmosphere Meyer wanted to convey. Rear-projection systems for bridge displays were replaced with monitors looping taped material created by graphic designer Lee Cole at
8262-648: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory . The bridge set was "unbuttoned" so segments could be removed to better accommodate filming more dynamic action, though filming on the 360-degree set was still challenging. Further complicating the set was that it served three roles in the film: the Enterprise bridge, the Reliant bridge, and the Starfleet Academy bridge simulator. The production crew made several "plugs" to cover consoles and alcoves, and pyrotechnics could destroy
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#17328586149718424-508: The Marshall Islands . In two waves, 64 airplanes attacked and for the loss of six of their number, sunk only a small gunboat and damaged the light cruiser Katori , the minelayer Tokiwa, and five other ships. Also, numerous airplanes and ground facilities were destroyed. Enterprise received only minor damage in the Japanese counterattack, as TF 8 retired to Pearl Harbor. The next month, Enterprise , now part of Task Force 16 , swept
8586-523: The Sibuyan Sea , nine of her Helldivers attacked the battleship Musashi with 450-kilogram (1,000 lb) armour-piercing bombs and scored four hits; further repeated bomb and torpedo strikes eventually sunk Musashi . Enterprise also sent 27 planes (Avengers and Helldivers escorted by Hellcats) to attack Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura 's Southern Force. The strikes against battleship Yamashiro killed 20 sailors with strafing and rocket attacks, while
8748-525: The United States Navy . Launched in 1936, she was the only Yorktown -class and one of only three American fleet carriers commissioned before World War II to survive the war (the others being Saratoga and Ranger ). Enterprise participated in more major actions of the war against Japan than any other United States ship. These actions included the attack on Pearl Harbor — 18 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of her air group arrived over
8910-489: The forecastle deck in water up to 10 feet (3.0 m) deep. According to damage control officer John U. Monro , the storms smashed sections of walkways and railings, and swept loose objects overboard. Her last voyage was to the Azores , and returned 3,557 personnel, including 212 WACs to New York on 17 January 1946. With the commissioning of over two dozen larger and more advanced aircraft carriers by end of 1945, Enterprise
9072-525: The invasion of Saipan through 5 July. She then sailed for Pearl Harbor and a month of rest and overhaul, during which she was painted in Measure 33/4Ab Dazzle camouflage. During this time, Gardner was replaced by Commander Thomas Hamilton on 10 July before he was relieved in his turn by Captain Cato Glover on 29 July. Back in action on 24 August, the carrier sailed with TF 38 in that force's aerial assault on
9234-553: The landings on Emirau Island (19–25 March). The carrier rejoined TF 58 on 26 March, and for the next 12 days, joined in a series of strikes against the islands of Yap , Ulithi , Woleai , and Palau . After a week's rest and replenishment at Majuro, Enterprise sailed on 14 April to support landings in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea , and then hit Truk again from 29 to 30 April. On 6 June 1944, she and her companions of TG 58.3 sortied from Majuro to join
9396-486: The "Aztec" hull pattern to provide an additional level of detail and to suggest the presence of interlocking panels providing strength. The effect was made possible by small particles of mica in the paint, which altered its apparent color. However, the paint created light flare that made it hard to discern the edge of the ship against a dark background, and bluescreen light reflected by the pearlescent paint also complicated filming. Effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull relit
9558-799: The 21st-century Phoenix in Star Trek: First Contact (1996), the 22nd-century Enterprise in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005), and the USS Enterprise -B in Star Trek Generations (1994). They also included elements from the Enterprise refit for The Motion Picture . One distinct challenge was the hull: Jefferies' design featured a smooth hull, but the lack of features would appear too simple on modern high-definition displays. The designers added details, such as phaser banks and control thrusters, that "must have been there" on
9720-506: The B-25s launched on 18 April, and flew undetected the remaining 600 miles (1,000 km) to the target. The task force, its presence known to the enemy after a Japanese picket boat radioed a warning, reversed course and returned to Pearl Harbor on 25 April. Five days later, Enterprise sortied toward the South Pacific to reinforce U.S. carriers operating in the Coral Sea . However, the Battle of
9882-565: The Coral Sea was over before Enterprise arrived. With Hornet , she performed a feint towards Nauru and Banaba (Ocean) islands which caused the Japanese to delay Operation RY to seize the two islands, Enterprise returned to Pearl Harbor on 26 May 1942, and began intensive preparation to meet the expected Japanese thrust at Midway Island . On 28 May, Enterprise departed Pearl Harbor as Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance 's flagship with orders "to hold Midway and inflict maximum damage on
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#173285861497110044-530: The Hawaiian island of Oahu after President Roosevelt ordered the Fleet to be "forward based," the carrier and her Air Group trained intensively and transported aircraft to American island bases in the Pacific. Enterprise and the other ships of Task Force 8 (TF 8) departed Pearl Harbor on 28 November 1941 to deliver Marine Fighter Squadron 211 (VMF-211) to Wake Island nearly 2,500 miles (4,000 km) due west. She
10206-445: The Japanese task forces. During the chaotic after-dark recovery of the air strike, a fighter and a bomber came aboard simultaneously, but fortunately did not cause an accident. A planned midnight strike against the Japanese fleet by night-flying Enterprise pilots was cancelled because of the recovery and rescue operations required after the dusk attack. After the battle, Enterprise and her Task Group continued to provide air support for
10368-473: The Japanese, and he used that impression as the basis for his refinement of the Excelsior model. Andrew Probert returned to Star Trek to design a new USS Enterprise , NCC-1701-D , for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), which takes place 100 years after the original Star Trek . The Enterprise -D retains the hallmarks of Matt Jefferies' Enterprise design: a saucer section, engineering section, and
10530-671: The Navy Department that "the emergency repairs accomplished by this skillful, well-trained, and enthusiastically energetic force have placed this vessel in condition for further action against the enemy." This remarkable job later won the praise of Vice Admiral William Halsey, Jr. , Commander South Pacific Area and the South Pacific Force, who sent a dispatch to the OIC of the Seabee detachment stating, "Your commander wishes to express to you and
10692-483: The Pacific Theater. On one of the decks, the crew posted a sign: " Enterprise vs Japan." Enterprise reached Nouméa , New Caledonia on 30 October for repairs, but a new Japanese thrust at the Solomons demanded her presence and she sailed on 11 November, with repair crews from Vestal still working on board. Part of the repair crew were 75 Seabees from Company B of the 3rd Construction Battalion . This
10854-533: The Titans was dropped in favor of a return to television with Star Trek: Phase II , for which Jefferies designed a new Enterprise . He began with the original design and identified components, such as the engines, that would have been upgraded. Some elements, like the sensor dish, would move inside the ship to be more easily serviced. Abandoning Phase II in favor of producing Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) necessitated additional Enterprise redesigns because
11016-580: The U.S. carriers attacked next. Enterprise torpedo bombers attacked first, scoring no hits and suffering heavy losses. Soon after, Enterprise dive bombers attacked and disabled the Japanese carriers Kaga and Akagi , leaving them ablaze, while Yorktown aircraft also bombed the Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū , leaving her burning and dead in the water. Within an hour, the remaining Japanese carrier, Hiryu , launched air strikes that crippled Yorktown with three bombs and two torpedoes striking home during two separate attacks. In late afternoon,
11178-670: The Volcano and Bonin Islands from 31 August – 2 September, and Yap, Ulithi, and the Palaus from 6–8 September. After operating west of the Palau Islands, Enterprise joined other units of TF 38 on 7 October and set course to the north. From 10 to 20 October, her aviators flew over Okinawa , Formosa , and the Philippines , blasting enemy airfields, shore installations, and shipping in preparation for
11340-498: The [one turbolift's] doors get stuck?" Franz Joseph designed full Enterprise interior deck plans in 1974 with approval from Roddenberry. Soon after the animated Star Trek went off the air, pre-production began on Star Trek: Planet of the Titans . Ken Adam and Ralph McQuarrie designed a new Enterprise with a triangular hull that later inspired the appearance of the eponymous ship in Star Trek: Discovery . Planet of
11502-421: The assault on Leyte . After supporting the Leyte landings on 20 October, Enterprise headed for Ulithi to replenish, but the approach of the Japanese fleet on 23 October called her back to action. In the Battle of Leyte Gulf (23–26 October), Enterprise planes struck all three groups of enemy forces, battering battleships and destroyers before the action ended. Targeting Admiral Takeo Kurita "Center Force in
11664-520: The attack. In the ensuing Battle of the Eastern Solomons , the light carrier Ryūjō was sunk, and the Japanese troops intended for Guadalcanal were forced back. Enterprise suffered the most heavily of the American ships; three direct bomb hits and four near misses killed 74, wounded 95, and inflicted serious damage on the carrier. Quick, hard work by damage control parties patched her up so that she
11826-412: The base was under attack, and she was later directed to launch an airstrike based on an inaccurate report of a Japanese carrier southwest of her location. The strike was launched around 17:00, consisting of six Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters of Fighting Squadron Six (VF-6), 18 Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers of Torpedo Squadron Six (VT-6), and six SBDs of VB-6. Unable to locate any targets,
11988-474: The bridge and other sets were manufactured by Burke of Dallas and were similar to the tulip chair designed by Eero Saarinen . When production ended after the third season, major elements of the bridge set were donated to the UCLA Theater Arts Department. Reusing sets helped address Desilu's budget concerns. The engine room, whose sense of scale was enhanced by the use of forced perspective ,
12150-508: The bubble, and then rapidly expanded behind the bubble creating an effect that results in apparent FTL travel, all in a manner consistent with the Einstein field equations of general relativity and without the introduction of wormholes. However, the actual construction of such a drive would face other serious theoretical difficulties . There are widely known vessels in various science fiction franchises. The most prominent cultural use and one of
12312-545: The carrier continued her night work in raids against Kyūshū , Honshū , and shipping in the Inland Sea of Japan. Damaged lightly by an enemy bomb on 18 March, Enterprise entered Ulithi six days later for repairs. Back in action on 5 April, she supported the Okinawa operation until she was damaged on 11 April—this time by a kamikaze —and was forced back to Ulithi. Off Okinawa once more on 6 May, Enterprise flew patrols around
12474-412: The central Pacific, attacking enemy installations on Wake and Marcus Islands . After minor alterations and repairs at Pearl Harbor, Enterprise and TF 16 departed on 8 April 1942 to rendezvous with her sister ship Hornet and sailed west, escorting Hornet on the mission to launch 16 Army B-25 Mitchells in the " Doolittle Raid " on Tokyo . While fighters from Enterprise flew combat air patrol ,
12636-517: The clock as kamikaze attacks increased. On 14 May 1945, she suffered her last wound of World War II when a kamikaze Zero , piloted by Lt. J.G. Shunsuke Tomiyasu, destroyed her forward elevator, killing 14 and wounding 68. The carrier sailed for the Puget Sound Navy Yard, where she underwent repairs and an overhaul from 12 June-31 August 1945. The war ended with the Japanese surrender on 2 September 1945. The following aviation complement
12798-411: The crew return to a new Enterprise that was virtually identical to the previous ship. It took ILM more than six weeks to restore and repaint the original model to appear as the new USS Enterprise , NCC-1701-A . After visiting ILM, Majel Barrett described the model as "gorgeous," and she said some of its details – such as the windows into the arboretum – were not done justice by photographs. Although
12960-430: The designers for overcoming the challenge of doing "a 2009 version of the '60s". Director J. J. Abrams wanted Enterprise to have a " hot rod " look while retaining the traditional shape, and he otherwise gave designers leeway to create the ship. The designers wanted the Enterprise to appear as carefully crafted as a luxury car. Concept artist Ryan Church retained much of the original Enterprise design and focused on
13122-475: The earliest common uses of the term starship was in Star Trek: The Original Series . (This list is not exhaustive.) USS Enterprise (CV-6) USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown -class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name . Colloquially called " The Big E ", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of
13284-415: The end of Star Trek: Discovery 's first-season finale (2018) and occasionally during the show's second season (2019). John Eaves , Scott Schneider, and William Budge redesigned the Enterprise for Discovery , which occurs about a decade before the original Star Trek . The designers had an unusually long time to work on the ship: April to October 2017, whereas they usually had only a few weeks to design
13446-563: The enemy by strong attrition tactics". With Enterprise in TF 16 were Hornet, six cruisers , ten destroyers and four oilers . On 30 May, Task Force 17 (TF 17), with Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher in Yorktown , left Pearl with two cruisers and six destroyers and rendezvoused with TF 16; as senior officer present, Rear Admiral Fletcher became "Officer in Tactical Command." Vice Admiral Halsey,
13608-461: The experience of watching [The Original Series], but with the grammar available to us today." Goldsman describes the ship as aspirational and meant to pull audiences into an imagined future. The Enterprise in Strange New Worlds differs slightly from its appearance in Discovery . The bridge set for Strange New Worlds was more compact than the one built for Discovery to bring it closer to
13770-511: The fictional starship Enterprise as a character or popular culture icon, and the actual physical objects (for example, the filming models) as an iconic design. According to Weitekamp, "The two Enterprise s overlap, and are clearly related, but they do not map completely onto each other," and unpacking distinctions between them contributes to scholarly analysis of popular and material culture and of "this significant television artifact". The Enterprise' s design, which influenced future starships in
13932-542: The film medium would resolve more detail than television, and one of the most difficult challenges facing the producers was recreating the Enterprise . Roddenberry told Cinefantastique that the changes to the Enterprise would be explained within the story as the outcome of a major refit . When Jefferies left the project, art director Richard Taylor wanted to start over with designing the Enterprise ; however, Roddenberry convinced him to continue working with Jefferies' design. Taylor brought on Andrew Probert to help refine
14094-514: The film's conclusion, James Kirk is promoted to captain and receives command of the Enterprise . The vessel is destroyed in Star Trek Beyond and a new Enterprise , NCC-1701-A, is commissioned under Kirk's command. Like other Star Trek ships with the same name , the original Enterprise is "a character in its own right," and the ship "was just as important ... as Kirk, Spock, and McCoy ". According to film critic Scott Jordan Harris,
14256-419: The films faster than Stowmar could supply them, production designers manufactured their own from oscilloscopes , medical imagery, and an experimental computer lab. Set designer Lewis Splittgerber described the engine room set as the most difficult to realize. Through forced perspective and small actors, the 40-foot (12 m) set was depicted as a 100-foot (30 m) engineering space. Corridors were initially
14418-562: The first Space Shuttle being named Enterprise rather than Constitution . In 2009, Virgin Galactic named its first commercial spaceship VSS Enterprise to honor the Star Trek vessel. The United States Navy evaluated the efficiency of the Enterprise bridge's style and layout, and the USS Independence 's bridge and USS Zumwalt 's Ship's Mission Center have been compared to
14580-631: The first captain of the new Enterprise . The aforementioned port holes aboard the CVN-65 will be removed and returned to the Boston Navy Yard Museum. Enterprise was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for her service during World War II. The citation states: For consistently outstanding performance and distinguished achievement during repeated action against enemy Japanese forces in the Pacific war area, 7 December 1941, to 15 November 1942. Participating in nearly every major carrier engagement in
14742-416: The first year of the war, the Enterprise and her air group, exclusive of far-flung destruction of hostile shore installations throughout the battle area, did sink or damage on her own a total of 35 Japanese vessels and shot down a total of 185 Japanese aircraft. Her aggressive spirit and superb combat efficiency are fitting tribute to the officers and men who so gallantly established her as an ahead bulwark in
14904-410: The franchise, is iconic. The design came at the end of a trend for science-fiction spaceships to resemble rockets, and just as real spacecraft began to influence sci-fi designs. When it first appeared on television, the Enterprise was called an "elegant and weird looking behemoth". Design expert Jonathan Glancey described the "convincing and exciting" Enterprise as having the same aesthetic appeal as
15066-408: The functionality behind the familiar components. His initial designs were modeled and refined by set designer Joseph Hiura. This design was then given to ILM for further refinement and developed into photo-realistic models by Alex Jaeger's team. ILM's Roger Guyett, recalling the original Enterprise as being "very static", added moving parts. ILM retained subtle geometric forms and patterns to allude to
15228-476: The harbor during the attack; seven were shot down with eight airmen killed and two wounded, making her the only American aircraft carrier with men at Pearl Harbor during the attack and the first to sustain casualties during the Pacific War — the Battle of Midway , the Battle of the Eastern Solomons , the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands , various other air-sea engagements during the Guadalcanal Campaign ,
15390-420: The increasing popularity of color televisions. The first pilot episode's bridge set was rigid, making it difficult for cameras to move in. For series production, the bridge set was rebuilt modularly, allowing large sections to be removed to make camera movement easier. The complicated electronics that provided bridge set readouts and lights required expensive air conditioning to avoid overheating. The chairs used on
15552-582: The international aircraft registration codes assigned to the United States. The second C was added because Soviet aircraft used C s, and Jefferies believed a venture into space would be a joint operation by the United States and Russia. Jefferies rejected 3 , 6 , 8 , and 9 as "too easily confused" on screen; he eventually reasoned the Enterprise was the first vessel of Starfleet's 17th starship design, hence 1701 . The Making of Star Trek explains that USS means "United Space Ship" and that " Enterprise
15714-517: The islands while two other carrier groups made a belated attempt to relieve Wake Island. After a brief layover at Pearl Harbor, Enterprise and her group sailed on 11 January 1942, protecting convoys reinforcing Samoa . On 16 January 1942, a TBD of VT-6, piloted by Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate and enlisted Naval Aviation Pilot Harold F. Dixon, got lost on patrol, ran out of fuel, and ditched. Dixon and his two crewmates, bombardier Anthony J. Pastula and gunner Gene Aldrich, survived for 34 days in
15876-419: The large and expensive model, several less expensive miniatures and modules were created and destroyed. One of the destroyed models had been created by Brick Price Movie Miniatures for Star Trek Phase II . Ralston had hoped the destruction of the Enterprise in The Search for Spock would lead to a redesigned ship for future sequels, but the producers of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) decided to have
16038-531: The men of the Construction Battalion serving under you his appreciation for the services rendered by you in effecting emergency repairs during action against the enemy. The repairs were completed by these men with speed and efficiency. I hereby commend them for their willingness, zeal, and capability." On 13 November, aviators from Enterprise helped to sink the Hiei , the first Japanese battleship lost during
16200-607: The model filmed for the original Star Trek TV series has been on display for decades at the National Air and Space Museum . Initially a vision of the potential for human spaceflight, the Enterprise became a popular culture icon. The Enterprise has repeatedly been identified as one of the best-designed and most influential science fiction spacecraft. Series creator Gene Roddenberry reviewed hundreds of science fiction magazines , dating back to 1931, to gather ideas about what he wanted Star Trek 's main vessel to look like. Despite
16362-573: The model for approximately 110 hours during November 1964. The 33-inch (0.84 m) model was made mostly of pine, with Plexiglass and brass details. Datin made minor changes after Roddenberry's review, and he submitted the completed model – which cost about $ 600 (equivalent to $ 5,894 in 2023) – to Desilu in December 1964. Desilu then ordered a larger filming model, which Datin contracted to Volmer Jensen and Production Model Shop in Burbank . Datin supervised
16524-717: The model's original pearlescent paint job had been covered and was redressed as the Enterprise NCC-1701-A, the eight-foot film franchise model was used as a referent for the CGI Enterprise created for the 2001 director's cut of The Motion Picture . The director's cut replaced several bridge computer voices with human voices to "warm up" the film. The bridge and several other Enterprise film sets were redressed for use in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994). Except for some components donated to UCLA,
16686-399: The near future. In April 2016, scientists announced Breakthrough Starshot , a Breakthrough Initiatives program, to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of small centimeter-sized light sail spacecraft named StarChip , capable of making the journey to Alpha Centauri , the nearest star system , at speeds of 20% and 15% of the speed of light , taking between 20 and 30 years to reach
16848-539: The next morning to patrol against possible additional attacks on the Hawaiian Islands . Although the group encountered no Japanese surface ships, Enterprise aircraft sank Japanese submarine I-70 at 23°45′N 155°35′W / 23.750°N 155.583°W / 23.750; -155.583 ( USS Enterprise sinks I-70 ) on 10 December 1941. During the last two weeks of December 1941, Enterprise and her escorts steamed west of Hawaii to cover
17010-512: The northeast to southeast of the ship, and to land at Ford Island at Pearl Harbor after completing their search routes. As these aircraft arrived in pairs over Pearl Harbor, they were caught between attacking Japanese aircraft and defensive anti-aircraft fire from the ships and shore installations below. Seven SBDs were shot down, either from enemy action or friendly fire , with the loss of eight airmen killed and two wounded. Enterprise received radio messages from Pearl Harbor reporting that
17172-399: The original Enterprise but were not depicted on the Star Trek models. The ship's scale also fluctuated, which meant the designers had to adjust window sizes and patterns. Budge kept the designers in check by ensuring details and features added to the Enterprise were consistent with other Discovery ships, such as whether the bridge would have a window: most Discovery ship bridges have
17334-487: The original Enterprise , and the model's digital paint recreated the "Aztec" hull pattern from the first films. The large engine nacelles had a sleeker finish and shape compared to the original ship's otherwise simple nacelles. Sean Hargreaves' redesign of the successor NCC-1701-A "beef[ed] up" the vessel's support pylons, which are depicted as vulnerabilities in Star Trek Beyond (2016). According to Abrams, recreating
17496-411: The original bridge but needed to create the set using modern techniques and to meet modern audience expectations. The production's widescreen format , as opposed to the original series' 4:3 aspect ratio , required the set design to be more "stretched out" horizontally; designers referenced Star Trek film bridges – also recorded in widescreen – to assist with designing for the different ratio. The bridge
17658-413: The original bridge would have been ridiculous and too small. Abrams' enthusiasm for a new iPhone influenced Church's redesign for the bridge. Sophisticated technology became a motif on the new set, with multiple displays and computer graphics. The viewscreen from the television series was kept, and giving different characters their own computer displays suggested the idea of a team working together. Because
17820-445: The original series transporter room seemed flat to Abrams, he used swirling light and a moving camera to make the redesigned set and effects more dynamic. The budget prevented the creation of a huge, functional engineering room set, and producers instead filmed at a Budweiser plant. Ben Burtt consulted with original series sound designer Douglas Grindstaff on sound design for the new Enterprise . The Enterprise appears briefly at
17982-441: The original ship's model is "a living cultural object". Bjo Trimble said the original Star Trek received more fan letters about the Enterprise than any of the actors. According to film critic Scott Jordan Harris, although the contemporaneous Apollo program prompted intellectual awareness of the possibilities of space travel, it was the Enterprise of the 1960s that sparked space travel fantasies. A 1976 write-in campaign led to
18144-498: The original television Enterprise bridge set was trashed when production ended. Producers working on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " Relics " (1992), in which Montgomery Scott visits a recreation of the Enterprise , initially planned to use the film-era set. Ultimately, recreations of the original television series' captain's chair, navigation console, and engineering console were rented from fans, and
18306-415: The other side of the Enterprise , the footage was either flipped or filmed using the 33-inch model. Because of this, some of the fine details added to the model were added only to its right side. The 11-foot model was initially filmed by Howard Anderson. Anderson's team struggled to film the model in a way that suggested it was moving at tremendous speeds, as the producers wanted to avoid the cliched look of
18468-409: The pilot to bail out. Enterprise pulled into Pearl Harbor for fuel and supplies on the evening of 8 December. Vice-Admiral William Halsey Jr. , commander of Carrier Division 2 , ordered every able-bodied man on board to help rearm and refuel Enterprise ; this process normally took 24 hours to complete, but was completed this time within seven hours. She and the other ships of TF 8 sailed early
18630-463: The plugs during combat sequences without damaging the underlying set. The torpedo bay set is a redress of the Klingon bridge from The Motion Picture. Kirk's quarters were redressed with more personal items and a more naval appearance, and the same set depicted Spock's more "monastic" quarters. David Kimble's deck plans from The Motion Picture influenced how previously unseen interior arrangements like
18792-475: The research, he was more confident in what he did not want than what he did want. He set several parameters: We're [...] out in deep space, on the equivalent of a cruiser-size spaceship. We don't know what the mode of power is, but I don't want to see any trails of fire. No streaks of smoke, no jet intakes, rocket exhaust, or anything like that [...]. It will be like a deep space exploration vehicle, operating throughout our galaxy. Roddenberry further specified that
18954-489: The rest of TF 58 in attacking the Marianas Islands . Striking Saipan , Rota , and Guam from 11 to 14 June, Enterprise pilots gave direct support to the landings on Saipan on 15 June, and covered the troops ashore for the next two days. Aware of a major Japanese attempt to break up the invasion of Saipan, Admiral Spruance, now Commander 5th Fleet , positioned TF 58 to meet the threat. On 19 June 1944, Enterprise
19116-560: The rest was filled in with archival footage and greenscreen technology. The bridge was again partially recreated, with other parts added digitally, for the Deep Space Nine episode " Trials and Tribble-ations " (1996), in which the crew visits the Enterprise during the events of " The Trouble With Tribbles " (1967). Mike Okuda used a computer to recreate the graphics seen on the Enterprise sets, and others were drawn by artist Doug Drexler . Set designer Laura Richarz's biggest challenge
19278-616: The second of the Yorktown class , Enterprise was launched on 3 October 1936 at Newport News Shipbuilding , sponsored by Lulie Swanson, wife of Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson , and commissioned on 12 May 1938 with Captain Newton H. White, Jr. in command. Enterprise sailed south on a shakedown cruise which took her to Rio de Janeiro . Captain Charles A. Pownall relieved White on 21 December. After her return, she operated along
19440-409: The set the "Jefferies tube" as an inside joke , and the term is used in dialogue to describe similar crawl spaces in spinoffs. Sound effects designer Doug Grindstaff created sounds for different parts of the vessel: console sound effects were often created with a Hammond electric organ or other musical instrument, and engine sounds were created in part with a noisy air conditioner. Although there
19602-412: The ship and its 430-person crew on an exploration mission from 2264 to 2269. Star Trek: The Motion Picture takes place in the 2270's as the Enterprise is completing an 18-month refit overseen by its new captain, Willard Decker . Decker describes the refit vessel as "an almost totally new Enterprise " when Admiral Kirk takes command to address a threat to Earth. Star Trek novels and other media depict
19764-426: The ship as if it were an ocean liner, "a grand lady of the seas at night", because there would be no external light source in deep space. A 20-inch (51 cm) model was used for long shots. Production designer Harold Michelson was responsible for the ship's interior design. The Enterprise interiors were designed to be distinct from the film's Klingon ship, and certain support structure designs were used throughout
19926-480: The ship began to list 2 degrees to starboard. Yamashiro and Fusō were later sunk that evening by U.S. destroyers and battleships at Surigao Strait . Enterprise remained on patrol east of Samar and Leyte until the end of October, then retired to Ulithi for supplies. During November, her aircraft struck targets in the Manila area, and at the island of Yap . She returned to Pearl Harbor on 6 December 1944 and Glover
20088-424: The ship led by Captain Christopher Pike . Anson Mount , who plays Pike, said Strange New Worlds has a "big idea of the week" like the original Star Trek , and as such the Enterprise is "the star of the show". Rebecca Romijn , who plays first officer Una Chin-Riley , called the Enterprise "sexy, and groovy, and fun." According to producer Akiva Goldsman , the designers for Strange New Worlds "tried to evoke
20250-429: The ship look believable, Jefferies tried "to visualize what the fourth, fifth or tenth generation of present-day equipment would be like". Jefferies' experience with aviation let him imbue his designs with what he called "aircraft logic". He imagined the ship's engines would be too powerful to be near the crew, requiring them to be set apart from the hull. Jefferies initially rejected a disk-shaped component, worried about
20412-507: The ship on 16 April. Enterprise then steamed to Pearl Harbor where, on 27 May 1943, Admiral Chester Nimitz presented the ship with the first Presidential Unit citation awarded to an aircraft carrier. In the summer of 1943, with the new Essex -class and Independence -class carriers joining the American Pacific Fleet, Enterprise was temporarily relieved of duty, and on 20 July, she entered Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for
20574-428: The ship would have a crew of 100–150 and be incredibly fast. Art director Pato Guzman 's assistant, Matt Jefferies , was responsible for designing the ship and several of its sets. Jefferies and Roddenberry did not want the vessel to look like any of the rocket ships already used by the aerospace industry or in popular culture; many designs were rejected for being "too conventional". To meet Roddenberry's requirement that
20736-536: The ship's destruction the 32nd greatest scene in science fiction. The New York Times called it "a joy" to see the original Enterprise as redesigned for Discovery' s second-season premiere. Engadget called the Enterprise in Strange New Worlds "gorgeous inside and out." Writing for Tor.com , Keith DeCandido praised Strange New Worlds ' producers for balancing the Enterprise 's original 1960s look with what audiences expect from modern productions. TrekCore said Strange New Worlds ' set dressing and use show
20898-470: The ship's details. Probert added items such as phaser banks, control thrusters, and hatches for saucer section landing gear; Taylor redesigned the edge of the saucer and elements of the warp nacelles. Art director Joe Jennings and conceptual illustrator Mike Minor added additional details. David Kimble created diagrams and deck plans for the updated Enterprise that were provided to model makers, toy companies, and other licensed product manufacturers. Jim Dow
21060-527: The ship. Starfleet decides to decommission the damaged Enterprise at the beginning of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , and Kirk and his senior officers steal the ship as part of their plan to restore Spock's life. During their mission, a Klingon attack disables the Enterprise . Kirk then lures most of the Klingons onto the immobilized vessel, which he and his officers set to self-destruct before abandoning ship. When Kirk and his officers return to Earth, Kirk
21222-452: The similarities to flying saucers ; however, a spherical module eventually flattened into a disk. Because the ship would be expected to flash by quickly on television screens, Jefferies wanted the design to be "very simple, but immediately identifiable – a shape that you could instantly pick out." During a visit with Jefferies, Roddenberry and NBC staff were drawn to a sketch of the ship resembling its final configuration. Jefferies had created
21384-622: The sixteen-foot (4.9 m), one-ton nameplate from the ship's stern, which sits near a Little League park in River Vale , New Jersey. Her commissioning plaque and one of her anchors are on display at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. The name was revived in February 1958 when the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was laid down as the eighth Enterprise ; this ship
21546-439: The size of the original series set. The sets were designed to function like a practical starship, with moving components and pre-programmed monitor graphics that reacted to the actors. While the viewscreen was a visual effect in Discovery , it was physically built into the Strange New Worlds set. Sickbay was an entirely new design, meant to convey a large scale and capable of accommodating many camera movements. Designers relied on
21708-462: The star system, respectively, and about 4 years to notify Earth of a successful arrival. To travel between stars in a reasonable time using rocket -like technology requires very high effective exhaust velocity jet and enormous energy to power this, such as might be provided by fusion power or antimatter . There are very few scientific studies that investigate the issues in building a starship. Some examples of this include: The Bussard ramjet
21870-414: The starboard windows and running lights were internally illuminated. When the series went into production, the model was altered again, and it was regularly modified throughout its active filming. Most of the fine details on the large model were not visible to television viewers. Wiring for the interior lighting ran into the model on its left side, so it could only be filmed from the right; for shots requiring
22032-418: The team selected one to refine. They developed the vessel with the assumption that components like the warp nacelles and impulse engines would be replaced over time; the modules for the Enterprise ' s appearance in Discovery are meant to appear more primitive than what is depicted in Star Trek . The designers tried to incorporate elements from other ships that precede and succeed the Enterprise , such as
22194-479: The torpedo and dive bombers returned to Enterprise , but the six fighters were directed to divert to Hickam Field on Oahu. Although word of the planes' expected arrival had been broadcast to all ships and anti-aircraft units in the area, the appearance of the Wildcats in the night sky over Oahu triggered panic firing, which shot down three of them, killing their pilots, while a fourth aircraft ran out of fuel, forcing
22356-450: The torpedo bay were depicted in The Wrath of Khan . Recognizing the plot of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) was otherwise predictable, producer and screenwriter Harve Bennett decided to have the Enterprise destroyed. Although Bennett had insisted that the demise of the ship be kept secret, the news leaked. Visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston hated the Enterprise model and reveled in its destruction. Rather than damage
22518-429: The upper rim of the bridge. As production continued, standing sets like the engine room and bridge became increasingly detailed. Jefferies and associate producer Bob Justman walked through the production lots looking for "serendipitous items" that could be modified into set details to enhance the interiors. Jefferies added new details to a portable maintenance tunnel set each time it was used. The production staff called
22680-417: The usual commander of TF 16 and senior to both Fletcher and Spruance, was medically ordered to remain in a naval hospital at Pearl Harbor due to stress-induced severe weight loss and severe psoriasis . Each side launched air attacks during the day in a decisive battle. Though the forces were in contact until 7 June, by 10:45am on 4 June the outcome had been decided. Three Japanese carriers were burning and it
22842-570: The vessel from the Navy, and Enterprise was sold on 1 July 1958 to the Lipsett Corporation of New York City for scrapping at Kearny , New Jersey. A promise was made to save the distinctive tripod mast for inclusion in the Naval Academy's new football stadium , but was never fulfilled; instead, a memorial plaque was installed at the base of what is still called " Enterprise Tower." Scrapping
23004-486: The war, the Japanese announced that she had been sunk in battle, inspiring her nickname "The Grey Ghost". By the end of the war, her planes and guns had downed 911 enemy planes, sunk 71 ships, and damaged or destroyed 192 more. Despite efforts made by the public after the war to turn Enterprise into a museum ship , Enterprise was scrapped from 1958 to 1960. The sixth carrier built for the United States Navy and
23166-486: The war. When the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended on 15 November 1942, Enterprise had shared in sinking sixteen ships and damaging eight more. The carrier returned to Nouméa on 16 November to complete her repairs. Sailing again on 4 December, Enterprise trained out of Espiritu Santo , New Hebrides , until 28 January 1943, when she departed for the Solomons area. On 30 January, her fighters flew combat air patrol for
23328-484: The work and did detailing on the model, which was constructed from plaster, sheet metal, and wood. When completed, it was 135 inches (3.43 m) long, weighed 125 kilograms (276 lb), and cost $ 6,000 (equivalent to $ 58,011 in 2023). The model was delivered too late to be used much for the initial pilot , " The Cage ". When Roddenberry was approved to film the second pilot, " Where No Man Has Gone Before " (1966), various details of this 11-foot model were altered, and
23490-400: Was a fully constructed set, save for greenscreen for the main viewer. The set maintained the original's layout and included references and details from Star Trek , such as Sulu 's and Spock's console scanners, red bridge railings, and turbolift handles. They also created new elements, such as a corridor running behind the bridge. According to Deverell, the hardest part of designing the bridge
23652-492: Was a professional scientific study examining advanced spacecraft propulsion systems. A common science-fiction device is to posit a faster-than-light propulsion system (such as warp drive ) or travel through hyperspace , although some posit starships as outfitted for centuries-long journeys of slower-than-light travel. Other designs posit a way to boost the ship to near-lightspeed, allowing relatively "quick" travel (i.e. decades, not centuries) to nearer stars. This results in
23814-646: Was able to return to Hawaii under her own power. Repaired at Pearl Harbor from 10 September–16 October 1942, Enterprise embarked Air Group 10 in early October. This was the first time that the Grim Reapers of VF-10 deployed from Enterprise under commanding officer James H. Flatley , who became known as "Reaper Leader." She departed once more for the South Pacific, where with Hornet she formed TF 61, although Captain Osborne Hardison relieved Davis on 21 October. Five days later, Enterprise scout planes located
23976-411: Was choosing the color palette. The bridge chairs were nearly identical to those used in Star Trek , and the captain's chair was heavily influenced by Captain Kirk's original. A fan-created replica of the original bridge – later opened as museum – sent the production team hundreds of buttons for the set's consoles. Enterprise is the main setting of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022), which depicts
24138-404: Was commissioned in November 1961. Also nicknamed the "Big E" , various artifacts and mementos were kept aboard from her predecessor. The port holes in the captain's in-port cabin and conference room are only one example. She was inactivated and removed from service on 1 December 2012 after being in the fleet for 51 years. Due to considerations arising from reactor removal, she cannot be turned into
24300-479: Was complete as of May 1960. In 1984, a permanent " Enterprise Exhibit" was dedicated at the Naval Aviation Museum , Naval Air Station Pensacola , Florida, to house artifacts, photos, and other items of historical interest. Surviving Enterprise artifacts include the ship's bell, which resides at the U.S. Naval Academy , where it is traditionally rung only after Midshipmen victories over West Point ; and
24462-524: Was deemed surplus for the post-war needs of America's navy. She entered the New York Naval Shipyard on 18 January 1946 for deactivation and was decommissioned on 17 February 1947. In 1946, she had been scheduled to be handed over to the state of New York as a permanent memorial, but this plan was suspended in 1949. Subsequent attempts were made at preserving the ship as a museum or memorial, but fund-raising efforts failed to raise enough money to buy
24624-571: Was disembarked from Enterprise on 7 September 1945 at NAS Barber's Point; Restored to peak condition, Enterprise voyaged to Pearl Harbor, returning to the States with some 1,141 servicemen due for discharge, including hospital patients and former POWs , then sailed on to New York on 25 September 1945 via the Panama Canal arriving on 17 October 1945. Two weeks later, she proceeded to Boston for installation of additional berthing facilities, then began
24786-515: Was due to a shortage of fleet repair resources. Underway with orders to engage the enemy, the Seabees focused on effecting repairs even during the forthcoming battle. The work was under the round-the-clock supervision of Enterprise ' s damage control officer, Lt. Cmdr. Herschel Albert Smith. The commanding officer of Enterprise , Captain Osborne Bennett "Ozzie B" "Oby" Hardison, notified
24948-429: Was finding Burke chairs to populate the ship: she found just one, which the production team used to make molds to create more. "Trials and Tribble-ations" also required exterior shots of the Enterprise . To film these, Greg Jein created an Enterprise model exactly half the size of the 11-foot original , and it was the first production model of the starship to be built in more than 30 years. A CGI Enterprise makes
25110-421: Was in charge of building the model. Paramount Pictures subsidiary Magicam spent 14 months and $ 150,000 building the 8-foot (2.4 m), 39-kilogram (86 lb) model. An arc-welded aluminum skeleton ensured parts of the ship would not sag, bend, or shake. While the original Enterprise model was seen in only 17 poses, the new model had five articulation points and could be shot from any angle. Paul Olsen painted
25272-404: Was often delayed by the heat generated by the studio and model's lights. Most third-season footage of the Enterprise was reused first- or second-season footage. Special effects were produced as cheaply as possible. Animators for Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–75) rotoscoped Enterprise footage to recreate the ship's movements, contributing to the impression of the animated series being
25434-457: Was one of four carriers of Task Group 58.3 under the command of Rear Admiral John W. Reeves ' during the largest carrier aircraft battle in history: the Battle of the Philippine Sea . For over eight hours, airmen of the United States and Imperial Japanese navies fought in the skies over TF 58 and the Marianas. Over the course of two days, a total of six American ships were damaged, and 130 planes and
25596-507: Was only a matter of time until a fourth was caught and knocked out. The Battle of Midway began on the morning of 4 June 1942, when four Japanese carriers, unaware of the presence of U.S. naval forces, launched attacks on Midway Island. Shortly after the first bomb fell on Midway, the first wave of planes (4 B-26B Marauders, 6 TBF-1 Avengers, 11 SB2U-3s, 16 SBDs and 15 B-17s) from Midway Island attacked unsuccessfully. Several more groups attacked, again failing to damage their targets. Planes from
25758-408: Was redressed as the shuttlebay. Other sets that were redressed to save costs included the briefing room, which also served as the recreation room and cargo deck; and Kirk's cabin, which was also Spock's. Going into the show's second season, NBC executives pressed the production to have fewer episodes based on the ship, and more that occur on alien worlds. In April 1968, Roddenberry pushed back, comparing
25920-698: Was replaced by Captain Grover B. H. Hall on 14 December. Sailing on 24 December for the Philippines, Enterprise carried an air group specially trained in night carrier operations; as the only carrier capable of night operations, it left Oahu with its hull code changed from CV to CV(N), the "N" representing "Night". it joined TG 38.5 and swept the waters north of Luzon and of the South China Sea during January 1945, striking shore targets and shipping from Formosa to Indo-China including an attack on Macau . After
26082-463: Was scheduled to return to Hawaii on 6 December 1941, but was delayed by the weather, and she was still at sea about 215 nautical miles (398 km) west of Oahu at dawn on 7 December 1941. Enterprise launched eighteen of her SBDs - the CAG 's aircraft, 13 aircraft from Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) and four aircraft from Bombing Squadron Six (VB-6) - at dawn on 7 December to scout an arc extending from
26244-457: Was sunk. Though the American losses of a carrier and a destroyer were more severe than the Japanese loss of one light cruiser, the battle gave the Americans time to reinforce Guadalcanal against the next enemy onslaught, and nearby Henderson Field was therefore secure from the Japanese bombardment. The loss of Hornet meant Enterprise was now the only functioning (albeit damaged) U.S. carrier in
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