The Galaxy class was a type of Federation starship that entered service in the mid-24th century, and remained active into the 25th century. In a variety of configurations, they were classed as explorers, command cruisers, or battleships. (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
The prototype of the class, the USS Galaxy was commissioned in 2357, and underwent extensive testing for several years after launch. She was joined by her sister ships the USS Enterprise and USS Yamato in 2363, with the USS Challenger, USS Odyssey and the USS Venture following soon after. Due to a variety of concerns over the design, further construction was put on hold, and the initial order of twelve ships was cut off at six. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual)
After the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367, during which one Galaxy class vessel was destroyed, further ships were ordered as part of the effort to quickly bring Starfleet back up to strength should they face another Borg incursion or similar emergency. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual)
In 2370, the USS Magellan was commissioned, replacing the previous Constellation-class vessel of the same name. (TNG: "Starship Mine"; DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels")
Late that same year, the Odyssey was destroyed by a Jem'Hadar fighter during a confrontation with the Dominion, and production was ramped up. (DS9: "The Jem'Hadar")
In an effort to get more ships into service, many of the existing unfinished Galaxy-class spaceframes were outfitted with additional weapons and minimal crew accommodations to decrease their construction time, leaving the yards with nearly 65 percent of their internal volume empty. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual)
Existing ships like the Venture were also upgraded with new weaponry, including nacelle-mounted phaser arrays. The Venture helped defend Deep Space 9 from a Klingon attack in early 2372; she and other Galaxy-class vessels were subsequently involved in many major engagements during the Dominion War. (DS9: "The Way of the Warrior", "Sacrifice of Angels", "Tears of the Prophets", "The Changing Face of Evil", "What You Leave Behind")
Losses sustained during the Dominion War and the need for larger capital ships led to the development of the Olympus class dreadnought, based on the Galaxy design. The first of these vessels, however, was not ready until after the war's end in 2375. (Star Trek: Hidden Frontier; Star Trek: Pendragon)
Further subclasses entered production, with the Ross class in the 2380s, and later the Venture class, Andromeda class and Yamato class variants. Production of standard Galaxy-class spaceframes ended circa 2385, though the more advanced sub-classes continued into the coming decades and currently active ships remained in service for many years. (Star Trek Online; Clear Skies; Star Trek: Pendragon)
Known starships[]
eGalaxy-class starships | |||||||
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Name | Registry | Production Block | Service Dates | Status | Source | ||
Start | End | ||||||
Galaxy | NCC-70637 | Block I | 2357 | 2410s | active | canon | |
Yamato | NCC-71807 | Block I | 2262 | 2265 | destroyed | canon | |
Enterprise | NCC-1701-D | Block I | 2363 | 2371 (2401) |
destroyed (rebuilt/preserved) |
canon | |
Columbia | NCC-71102 | Block I | 2366[1] | 2367 | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Odyssey | NCC-71832 | Block I | 2364 | 2370 | destroyed | canon | |
Challenger | NCC-71099 | Block I | 2364 | 2410s | active | canon | |
Constitution | NCC-1700-B | Block I | 2364 | 2380s | active | Litverse / Trekmania | |
Dauntless | NCC-71879 | Block I | 2365 | 2378 | destroyed | Bridge Commander | |
Madison | NCC-71808 | Block I | 2367* | 2410s | active | canon / Litverse / STO | |
Venture | NCC-71854 | Block I | 2367* | 2380s | active | canon | |
Magellan | NCC-71820 | Block II[2] | 2369* | 2380s[3] | active | canon / Litverse / STA / Pendragon | |
Syracuse | NCC-71744[4] | Block I* | 2360s* | 2380s* | scrapped[5] | canon | |
Trinculo | NCC-71867 | Block II[2] | 2372[6] | 2380s | active | canon / Litverse | |
Andromeda | NCC-70638* | Block II [2] | 2370s | 2379 | active | Litverse / Armada / Armada II | |
Asgard | NCC-72104* | Block II | 2370 | 2375 | destroyed | Litverse / Pendragon | |
Bolivar | NCC-70657*[7] | Block II[2] | 2371 | 2379 | active | Litverse | |
Breedlove | ~**[8] | Block II | 2371 | 2380s | active | Litverse / SOTSF | |
Idaho | ~ | Block II | 2369* | 2373 | active | Litverse | |
Jefferies | ~ | Block II* | ~ | 2379 | active | Litverse | |
Mukaikubo | ~ | Block II | ~ | 2371 | destroyed | Litverse | |
Oraidhe | ~ | Block II [2] | 2369* | 2371 | renamed[9] | Litverse | |
Robinson | NCC-71842 | Block II | ~ | 2386 | active | Litverse | |
Angeles | NCC-71840 | Block II | 2370* | 2374 | destroyed[10] | Hidden Frontier / SFI | |
Christopher Pike | NCC-72091 | Block II* | 2370* | 2374* | destroyed | Pendragon / Argus | |
Benton | NCC-69130 | Block II | 2372 | 2374 | active | LUG | |
Courageous | NCC-72579 | Block II* | ~ | 2375 | active | LUG | |
Hentar | NCC-71093 | Block II* | ~ | 2374 | destroyed | LUG | |
Indomitable | NCC-73462 | Block II* | ~ | 2376 | active | LUG | |
Ishtar | NCC-70856 | Block II | ~ | 2374 | active | LUG | |
Jules Verne | NCC-69923 | Block II | ~ | 2375 | active | LUG | |
Kludy | NCC-71095 | Block II | ~ | 2374 | active | LUG | |
Nevsky | NCC-71038 | Block II | ~ | 2374 | active | LUG | |
Pel-Gaash | NCC-71246 | Block II | ~ | 2374 | active | LUG | |
Vanuatu | NCC-68208 | Block II | ~ | 2374 | active | LUG | |
Vel'dna | NCC-72406 | Block II | ~ | 2374 | active | LUG | |
Agrippa | ~ | Block III* | ~ | 2370s | active[11] | Dominion Wars / BOTF | |
Allegheny | ~ | Block III | ~ | 2377 | active | Armada II | |
Cheyenne | NCC-75435 | Block III | 2374* | 2377 | active | ST: Borg | |
Citadel | ~ | Block III | ~ | 2370s | active | Armada / Armada II | |
Frontier | ~ | Block III* | ~ | 2377 | active | Armada II | |
Galicia | ~ | Block II* | 2370s | active | BOTF | ||
Oregon | NCC-75698 | Block III | 2374* | 2376 | active | Armada | |
Perseus | NCC-79761 | Block IV | 2376 | 2379 | active | Armada / Armada II / Trekmania | |
Renown | ~ | Block III* | 2373* | 2377 | active | Armada / BOTF | |
Salem | ~ | Block III* | 2373* | 2370s | active | BOTF | |
Trieste | ~ | Block II* | 2370*[12] | 2370s | active | BOTF | |
Excalibur | NCC-26517-A | Block IV | 2376 | 2380s | active | Litverse / New Frontier | |
Trident | NCC-73134**[13] | Block IV | 2376 | 2380s | active | Litverse / New Frontier | |
Dauntless-A | NCC-71879-A* | Block IV | 2379* | 2380 | active | Litverse / New Frontier | |
Canterbury | ~ | Block IV | ~[14] | 2386 | active | Litverse | |
Hedderjin | ~ | Block IV | ~ | 2377 | active | Litverse | |
Sequoia | ~ | Block IV* | ~ | 2377 | active | Litverse | |
Ulysses | ~ | Block IV | ~ | 2380s | active | Litverse / Armada | |
Monitor | ~ | Block IV | 2376* | 2377 | destroyed | Away Team | |
San Francisco | NCC-74780[15] | Block III* | ~ | 2378 | active | Bridge Commander | |
Bonhomme Richard | ~ | Block IV* | ~ | 2378 | active | Starfleet Command III | |
Constellation[16] | ~ | Block IV* | ~ | 2378 | active | Starfleet Command III | |
El Dorado | ~ | Block IV* | ~ | 2378 | active | Starfleet Command III | |
Endeavour | ~ | Block IV | 2376 | 2379 | active | Starfleet Command III | |
Exeter | ~ | Block IV | 2378*[17] | 2380s | active | Starfleet Command III | |
Farragut | ~ | Block IV | 2376 | 2380s | active | Starfleet Command III | |
Kongo | ~ | Block IV | 2378 | 2380s | active | Starfleet Command III | |
Lafayette | ~ | Block IV | 2378* | 2380s | active | Starfleet Command III | |
Musashi | NCC-71809 | Block IV | 2377*[18] | 2409 | destroyed | STO | |
Lhasa | ~[19] | ~ | ~ | 2410 | active | STO | |
Marquette | ~[19] | ~ | ~ | 2409 | active | STO | |
Phlox | ~[19] | ~ | ~ | 2409 | active | STO | |
Sojourner | NCC-78561 | Block IV | 2380 | ~ | active | Pendragon | |
Arizona | NCC-71839 | Block III* | 2370s | 2398 | active | SFI | |
Babylon | NCC-75014 | Block III* | 2370s | 2390s | active | SFI | |
Britannic | NCC-71818 | Block II* | 2370s | 2398 | active | SFI | |
Comanche | NCC-71745[20][21] | Block II* | 2370s | 2398* | active | SFI | |
Garrett | NCC-71819 | Block II* | 2370s | ~ | active | SFI | |
Heimdall | NCC-71793** | Block II* | 2370s | ~ | active | SFI | |
StarQuest | NCC-71804 | Block II* | 2370s | 2398 | active | SFI | |
Susquehannock | NCC-71833 | Block III* | 2370s | 2398 | active | SFI | |
Thunderbird | NCC-71845 | Block III* | 2370s | 2398 | active | SFI | |
Bright Star | NCC-71875 | Block II[2] | 2370 | 2380s | active | SFI / SOTSF | |
Cortez | NCC-78012 | Block III | 2374 | 2378 | lost | SOTSF | |
Providence | NCC-70701 | Block II* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Vantage | NCC-71546 | ~ | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Pioneer | NCC-71803 | ~ | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Pangaea | NCC-71883 | ~ | ~ | 2376 | drydock | Trekmania | |
Vancouver | NCC-70655 | Block II* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Raffaello | NCC-71817 | Block II* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Satie | NCC-74214 | Block III* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
London | NCC-71715 | Block II* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Wellington | NCC-71030 | Block II* | ~ | 2376 | drydock | Trekmania | |
~ | NCC-76376 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Bold | NCC-70739 | Block II* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Anzac | NCC-70677 | Block II* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Africa | NCC-77012 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Chenkov | NCC-73009 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Angstrom | NCC-78794 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Daedalus | NCC-74310 | Block III* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Boundless | NCC-74881 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Baltimore | NCC-73993 | Block II* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Vanguard | NCC-71973 | Block III* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Mitchell | NCC-70971 | Block II* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Normandy | NCC-71380 | Block II* | ~ | 2376 | drydock | Trekmania | |
Mediator | NCC-75138 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Revolution | NCC-71901 | Block I | 2366[1] | 2367 | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Starward | NCC-75383 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | missing | Trekmania | |
Illustrious | NCC-74286 | Block III* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Kimberley | NCC-72433 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Titania | NCC-74109 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Gorkon | NCC-74131 | Block IV* | 2379*[22] | 2380s | active | Trekmania | |
Buccaneer | NCC-74187 | Block III* | ~ | 2379 | drydock | Trekmania | |
Dragon | NCC-74300 | Block III* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Selkirk | NCC-74655 | Block III* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Dominator | NCC-74756 | Block III | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Heisenberg | NCC-76133 | Block III* | ~ | 2378* | presumed destroyed | Trekmania | |
Archimedes | NCC-78116 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Byzantium | NCC-78046 | Block III* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
~ | NCC-75155 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
~ | NCC-73706 | Block III* | ~ | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Diligent | NCC-73836 | Block III* | ~ | ~ | destroyed | Trekmania | |
Visionary | NCC-76112 | Block IV | 2376 | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Austin | NCC-76019 | Block IV | 2376* | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Ontario | NCC-78119 | Block IV | 2377* | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Vespucci | NCC-77122 | Block IV | 2377* | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Carolina | NCC-77322 | Block IV | 2377* | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Oahu | NCC-76850 | Block IV | 2377* | 2379 | drydock | Trekmania | |
Augusta | NCC-79143 | Block IV | 2378* | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Xerxes | NCC-80117 | Block IV | 2378* | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
Shackleton | NCC-80011 | Block IV | 2378 | 2379 | active | Trekmania | |
~ | NCC-81095 | Block IV | 2379 | ~ | active | Trekmania | |
Cook[23] | NCC-80019 | Block IV | 2379 | ~ | under construction | Trekmania | |
Cassidy[23] | NCC-81016 | Block IV | 2379 | ~ | under construction | Trekmania | |
Eagle[23] | NCC-80056 | Block IV | 2379 | ~ | under construction | Trekmania | |
Valkyrie[23] | NCC-79556 | Block IV | 2379 | ~ | under construction | Trekmania | |
Nimbus[23] | NCC-81106 | Block IV | 2379 | ~ | under construction | Trekmania | |
~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ||
Block I = 2357-2365 | Block II = 2369-2371 | Block III = 2373-2375| Block IV = 2376-2385 | |||||||
see also: Andromeda-class | Celestial-class | Cygnus-class | Entente-class | Envoy-class | Monarch-class | Olympus-class | Ross-class | Sirius-class | Venture-class | Yamato-class | |||||||
~ = uncertain | * = conjectural | ** = altered from original source | |||||||
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External links[]
- Galaxy class article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Galaxy class article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
- Galaxy class article at Star Trek Expanded Universe, the fanon and fanworks Star Trek wiki.
- Galaxy class article at the official Star Trek Online wiki