(covers information from several alternate timelines)
List of dedication plaques.
ISS Avenger
The Avenger dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of ISS Avenger. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" set artwork)
| Imperial Starship Avenger | |
| Registry Number NX-09 | |
| Dedicated to serve the Emperor | |
| Antares Ship Yards |
USS Brattain
The Brattain dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Brattain. (TNG: "Night Terrors" set artwork)
| USS Brattain | |
| Miranda-class – Starfleet registry NCC-21166 | |
| 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards, Yoyodyne Division | |
| Commissioned Stardate 22519.5 | |
| United Federation of Planets | |
| Starfleet Command, Sol sector | |
| "... a three hour tour, a three hour tour." | |
The mate was a mighty sailin' man
The skipper, brave and sure
Five passengers set sail that day
Columbia
Columbia's obscured dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of Columbia NX-02. (ENT: "Affliction" set artwork)
Columbia's plaque
Cousteau
The Cousteau dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of the Cousteau, the USS Enterprise-E's captain's yacht. (Star Trek: Insurrection set artwork)
| Cousteau |
| USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-E |
| Jean-Luc Picard, Captain |
| "The future is in the hands of those who explore... and from all the beauty they discover while crossing perpetually receding frontiers, they develop for nature and for humankind an infinite love." – Capt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau |
USS Dauntless
The fake Dauntless dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of the fake USS Dauntless. (VOY: "Hope and Fear" set artwork)
| Ship | Class | Shipyard | Sector | Stardate | Motto | Misc Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Dauntless (NX-01-A) |
Dauntless-class | San Francisco | Sol | 51472 | "Hope is a waking dream." - Aristotle |
First starship of her class |
Defiant plaques
The following information was listed on the dedication plaques of starships named Defiant. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly", "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II"; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine set artwork)
USS Defiant (NCC-1764)
USS Defiant (NCC-1764) dedication plaque
| USS Defiant |
| Constitution-class |
| Tranquility Base |
USS Defiant (NX-74205)
USS Defiant (NX-74205) dedication plaque
| USS Defiant | |||||
| Starfleet registry NX-74205 – First starship of her class | |||||
| Launched stardate 47538.5 – Antares Ship Yards | |||||
| Bajor sector – United Federation of Planets | |||||
| Starfleet Command | Fleet Ops | Research & Dev. | Science Ops | Tactical Ops | Yard Engineers |
| "All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by." – John Masefield | |||||
ISS Defiant
ISS Defiant dedication plaque
| NX-74205 | ISS Defiant |
Discovery plaques
USS Discovery
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Discovery. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")
ISS Discovery
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of ISS Discovery. (DIS: "Despite Yourself")
USS Discovery (NCC-1031-A)
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Discovery-A. (DIS: "That Hope Is You, Part 2")
| San Francisco Fleet Yards |
United Federation of Planets |
| USS Discovery | |
| Crossfield-class | |
| Starfleet Registry NCC-1031-A | |
Enterprise plaques
The following information was listed on the dedication plaques of starships named Enterprise. (Star Trek: Enterprise; Star Trek: The Original Series; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Star Trek films set artwork)
Enterprise (NX-01)
Enterprise's dedication plaque
Enterprise's dedication plaque was located next to the bridge turbolift on the aft bulkhead. (Star Trek: Enterprise)
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
The Constitution-class USS Enterprise's dedication plaque was located next to the bridge turbolift on the port bulkhead.
The Enterprise's dedication plaque in the 2250s
A black and silver plaque was used in the 2250s. (DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow")
In 2259, a new plaque was introduced which replaced this earlier one on the bridge of the Enterprise. It was one of two plaques on the bridge; it was located to the starboard of the main turbolift. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds")
This was one of two plaques on the bridge of the starship; it was located to the port of the main turbolift. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds")
| USS Enterprise | |
| Starship Class: Constitution | |
| Starfleet Registry NCC-1701 | |
| Built at San Francisco Fleet Yards, Calif. | |
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| Named for the historical sailing ships, aircraft carriers and pioneering space vessels that bore the name | |
The Enterprise's dedication plaque in the 2260s
The dedication plaque was a much simpler gold version before the ship's 2270s refit. This plaque was later on display in the kitchen of James T. Kirk's home in Idaho in the 2280s. (Star Trek: The Original Series; Star Trek Generations)
| USS Enterprise |
| Starship class |
| San Francisco, Calif. |
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), alternate reality
The USS Enterprise's dedication plaque in the alternate reality
The alternate reality Constitution-class USS Enterprise's dedication plaque located next to the port bridge turbolift on the fore bulkhead. (Star Trek; Star Trek Into Darkness; Star Trek Beyond)
| San Francisco Fleet Yards, Earth |
United Federation of Planets |
| USS Enterprise | |
| Starship class Starfleet registry NCC-1701 | |
| "To boldly go where no man has gone before." | |
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)
Enterprise-A dedication plaque
The USS Enterprise-A's dedication plaque was located on a bridge support beam next to the starboard side turbolift. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
- First version
| USS Enterprise |
| Starship class |
| San Francisco, Calif. |
| United Federation of Planets |
| "To boldly go where no man has gone before." – from the Starfleet Charter |
Enterprise-A dedication plaque
The USS Enterprise-A's dedication plaque was located above the viewscreen. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
- Second version
| USS Enterprise |
| Starfleet registry NCC-1701-A |
| San Francisco Fleet Yards, Earth |
| Commissioned: Stardate 8442.5 |
| Second starship to bear the name |
| "To boldly go where no man has gone before." |
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)
Enterprise-B dedication plaque
The USS Enterprise-B's dedication plaque was located on the bridge next to the port side turbolift. (Star Trek Generations)
| USS Enterprise | ||||||
| Excelsior-class – Starfleet registry NCC-1701-B | ||||||
| Commissioned: Stardate 9715.5 | ||||||
| Third starship to bear the name | ||||||
| United Federation of Planets | ||||||
| Starfleet Command | Fleet Operations | Office of Science Ops | Engineering Division | Tactical Unit | Advanced Technologies | U.E.S.P.A. |
| "To boldly go where no one has gone before..." | ||||||
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)
The Enterprise-C plaque
The USS Enterprise-C's dedication plaque was located to the right of the starboard-side turbolift on the main bridge. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise")
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
Enterprise-D dedication plaque
The USS Enterprise-D's dedication plaque was located next to the emergency turbolift alcove on the forward starboard bulkhead of the main bridge. (Star Trek: The Next Generation; Star Trek Generations)
First version (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint"):
| USS Enterprise |
| Galaxy-class • Starfleet Registry NCC-1701-D |
| Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, Mars |
| Fifth Starship to Bear the Name |
| Commissioned Stardate 41025.5 |
| Chief of Staff Admiral Gene Roddenberry |
| Design Engineer: A.G. Probert |
| Built by Federation Space Systems Division |
| "To boldly go where no one has gone before." |
Enterprise-D dedication plaque
Second version (TNG: "Silicon Avatar"):
| USS Enterprise | |||
| Galaxy-class • Starfleet registry NCC-1701-D | |||
| Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, Mars | |||
| Fifth starship to bear the name • Launched Stardate 40759.5 | |||
| United Federation of Planets | |||
| Starfleet Command | Engineering Group | Warp Technologies Development Group |
Advanced Technologies Group |
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| Yard Engineers | |||
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| "..to boldly go where no one has gone before." | |||
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
The Enterprise-E's plaque
The USS Enterprise-E's dedication plaque was located on the bridge. (Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek Nemesis)
| USS Enterprise | |||||
| Sovereign-class – Sixth starship to bear the name | |||||
| Registry number NCC-1701-E – Launched Stardate 49827.5 | |||||
| San Francisco Yards – United Federation of Planets | |||||
| Starfleet Command | Yard Engineers | Spaceframe Devel | Propulsion Sys | Systems Mgmt | Research & Dev |
| "To boldly go where no one has gone before..." | |||||
USS Equinox
The Equinox dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Equinox. (VOY: "Equinox", "Equinox, Part II" set artwork)
| Ship | Class | Shipyard | Sector | Stardate | Motto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Equinox (NCC-72381) | Nova | Utopia Planitia | Sol | 47007.1 | "The night of time far surpasseth the day." - Sir Thomas Browne, 1658 |
USS Excelsior
The Excelsior's dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Excelsior. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country set artwork)
| USS Excelsior |
| Starfleet registry NCC-2000 |
| San Francisco Fleet Yards, Earth |
| Commissioned: Stardate 8205.5 |
| First starship of her class |
| "No matter where you go, there you are." |
USS Franklin
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of Freedom-class USS Franklin. (Star Trek Beyond)
Franklin's plaque
| San Francisco Fleet Yards Earth |
United Federation of Planets |
| USS Franklin | |
| Starship class Starfleet registry NX-326 | |
| "To boldly go where no man has gone before." | |
USS Hathaway
The Hathaway dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Hathaway. (TNG: "Peak Performance" set artwork)
| USS Hathaway |
| Constellation-class – Starfleet registry NCC-2593 |
| Copernicus Ship Yards, Luna |
| Built by Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems |
| United Federation of Planets |
| "... no matter where you go, there you are." |
USS Pasteur
The Pasteur dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of the USS Pasteur. (TNG: "All Good Things..." set artwork)
| USS Pasteur | ||||
| Olympic-class – Starfleet registry NCC-58928 | ||||
| Marin County Starfleet Yards, Skywalker Division | ||||
| United Federation of Planets | ||||
| Starfleet Command | Engineering Div. | Tactical Sys. | Fleet Ops | Advanced Tech. |
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| "I swear by Apollo the healer, by Aesculapius, by Health and all the powers of healing…" | ||||
USS Phoenix
The Phoenix dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Phoenix (TNG: "The Wounded" set artwork)
| USS Phoenix | |
| Nebula-class – Starfleet registry NCC-65420 | |
| 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards, Yoyodyne Division | |
| Commissioned Stardate 40250.5 | |
| United Federation of Planets | |
| Starfleet Command, Sol sector | |
| "No matter where you go, there you are." | |
Prometheus plaques
The following information was listed on the dedication plaques of starships named Prometheus. (DS9: "Second Sight"; VOY: "Message in a Bottle" set artwork)
USS Prometheus (Nebula class)
The plaque on the bridge of the Prometheus
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of the USS Prometheus. (DS9: "Second Sight", set artwork)
| USS Prometheus |
| Nebula-class |
| Starfleet registry NCC-71201 |
| 40 Eridani A Starfleet Yards |
| Yoyodyne Division |
| United Federation of Planets |
| "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't" |
USS Prometheus (Prometheus class)
The dedication plaque of the Prometheus
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of the USS Prometheus. (VOY: "Message in a Bottle", set artwork)
| USS Prometheus | |||||
| Starfleet registry NX-74913 – First starship of her class | |||||
| Launched Stardate 50749.5 – Beta Antares Ship Yards | |||||
| Antares sector – United Federation of Planets | |||||
| Starfleet Command | Fleet Ops | Research & Dev. | Science Ops | Tactical Ops | Yard Engineers |
| "All the World's a stage and all the men and women merely players, they have their exits and entrances and one man in his life plays many parts, his act being seven stages…" – William Shakespeare | |||||
USS Raven
Seen on the bridge
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Raven. (VOY: "The Raven")
| THE RAVEN |
USS Relativity
Relativity dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Relativity. (VOY: "Relativity")
| USS Relativity | ||
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Temporal Integrity Commission | |
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| "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen all at once." – E.M. Rauch | ||
USS Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of the USS Sao Paulo. (DS9: "The Dogs of War")
| USS Sao Paulo | |||||
| Starfleet registry NCC-75633 | |||||
| Named for the people of Brazil | |||||
| Launched stardate 52889.3 – Utopia Planitia Ship Yards | |||||
| Sol sector – United Federation of Planets | |||||
| Starfleet Command | Fleet Ops | Research & Dev. | Science Ops | Tactical Ops | Yard Engineers |
| Chief of Staff | |||||
| "Give me Liberty or give me death..." – Patrick Henry | |||||
USS Shenzhou
USS Shenzhou's plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Shenzhou. (DIS: "The Vulcan Hello")
Background information
Andy Tsang was credited as the designer of this plaque. (The Art of Star Trek: Discovery, p. 32)
Stargazer plaques
The following information was listed on the dedication plaques of starships named Stargazer. (TNG: "The Battle"; PIC: "The Star Gazer" set artwork)
USS Stargazer (NCC-2893)
| USS Stargazer |
| Constellation-class • Starfleet registry NCC-2893 |
| SAN FRANCISCO FLEET YARDS, EARTH
COMMISSIONED: STARDATE 38197.5 BUILT BY: FEDERATION SPACE SYSTEMS DIVISION |
| "To bring Light into the Darkness." |
The Stargazer dedication plaque was illegible on screen, and according to Doug Drexler, the plaque art had been lost. However, the plaque was found and was used as set decoration in the observation lounge of the USS Stargazer (NCC-82893). A picture of this plaque can be seen in one of Star Trek: Picard production designer Dave Blass tweets . Michael Okuda commented, in 2009, on the class name:
"The Stargazer dedication plaque did say "Constitution class", but we had already decided to drop that designation, even during preproduction. I asked Ed Charnock, our on-set painter, to mist over the plaque with a little black spray paint, to make it a little harder to read 'Constitution'. There wasn't time (or money) to have the plaque re-made, but the type was so small that it would have been very difficult to read the text on camera, even without the smudge. Also, the set lighting was dark, so I wasn't worried." [9](X)
Okuda further commented on the plaque:
The motto was inspired by Flowers for Algernon, a science-fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. A section in the book states:"The dedication plaque indicated that the ship was built by 'Federation Space Systems', and gave the ship's motto as 'To bring light into the darkness.' Herb Wright suggested that one." [10](X)
"They had pretended to be geniuses. But they were just ordinary men working blindly, pretending to be able to bring light into the darkness. Why is it that everyone lies? No one I know is what he appears to be."
USS Stargazer (NCC-82893)
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Stargazer. (PIC: "The Star Gazer")
USS Sutherland
The Sutherland dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Sutherland. (TNG: "Redemption II" set artwork)
| USS Sutherland | |
| Nebula-class – Starfleet registry NCC-72015 | |
| San Francisco Fleet Yards, Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems | |
| Commissioned Stardate 44820.5 | |
| United Federation of Planets | |
| Starfleet Command, Sol sector | |
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| "There will be an answer, let it be..." | |
"And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be."
SS Tsiolkovsky
The Tsiolkovsky's dedication plaque
The dedication plaque behind Riker
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of SS Tsiolkovsky. (TNG: "The Naked Now")
| К. З. ЦИОПКОВСКИЙ |
| Oberth-class – Starfleet registry NCC-53911 |
| Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR, Earth |
| Commissioned Stardate 40291.7 |
| "The Earth is the cradle of the mind but one cannot remain in the cradle forever." |
USS Valiant
The Valiant dedication plaque
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Valiant. (DS9: "Valiant")
| USS Valiant | |||||
| Defiant-class – Starfleet registry NCC-74210 | |||||
| Launched stardate 49456.5 – Antares Ship Yards | |||||
| Bajor sector – United Federation of Planets | |||||
| Starfleet Command | Fleet Ops | Research & Dev | Science Ops | Tactical Ops | Yard Engineers |
| Chief of Staff | |||||
| "We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained and new fights to be won." – John F. Kennedy | |||||
USS Voyager
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of USS Voyager. (Star Trek: Voyager)
| USS Voyager | |||||
| Starfleet registry NCC-74656 – Intrepid-class Starship | |||||
| Launched Stardate 48038.5 – Earth Station McKinley | |||||
| Sol sector – United Federation of Planets | |||||
| Starfleet Command | Fleet Ops | Research & Dev. | Science Ops | Tactical Operations | Yard Engineers |
| "For I dipt in to the future, far as Human eye could see; Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be..." – Alfred Tennyson | |||||
SS Xhosa
Seen to the left of the door
The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of civilian freighter SS Xhosa. (DS9: "For the Cause" set artwork)
| SS Xhosa | |
| Antares-class Cruiser | |
| Luna Shipyards |
