A breakdown of the Constitution class. Were there really only 12? Were there different versions? Did they have staggered launches?
Today I learned that the 12 thing comes straight from "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"...
CHRISTOPHER: Must have taken quite a lot to build a ship like this.
KIRK: There are only twelve like it in the fleet.
CHRISTOPHER: I see.
Many of us over the years have taken this to mean only 12 (I don't particularly like the idea of 13: 12+Enterprise).
Seen on-screen as definitely Constitution-class: Enterprise, Constellation, Lexington, Excalibur, Hood, Potemkin, Defiant
We can assume: Constitution
Only seen on the repair chart in "Court Martial": Exeter, Kongo
Appears as Constitution-class in the remastered version: Intrepid
Only seen in reference material or the novels as Constitution-class: Essex, Farragut, Hornet, Republic, Valiant, Eagle, Yorktown
So that's 11 TOS-era ships and 7 possibles. And some of the possibles could be pre-TOS era ships or a different class entirely.
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