Riverside Shipyard

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A sign at the Riverside Shipyard

"Riverside Shipyard, shuttle for new recruits leaves tomorrow 08:00."

-Christopher Pike informing James Kirk, 2255.

The Riverside Shipyard was the ground-based Starfleet shipyard 2-1A located in Riverside, Iowa, Earth. The Riverside construction zone was under SFC Division, United Federation of Planets, Sector 47. (Star Trek)

History

The Enterprise under construction at the Riverside Shipyard

In the mid-2250s, the USS Enterprise was constructed at the Riverside Shipyard. The shipyard was also an embarkation point from where Starfleet Academy cadets would travel to their training facilities. According to the ship's dedication plaque, although constructed in Iowa, the Enterprise was launched from the San Francisco Fleet Yards.

In 2255, James T. Kirk boarded the Bardeen at the Riverside Shipyard with the intention to graduate from Starfleet Academy in only three years after Christopher Pike dared him to do better than his father the night before at the nearby Shipyard Bar. (Star Trek)

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Background information

The first teaser trailer for Star Trek premiered with the release of Cloverfield (2008), depicting scenes of the Enterprise being constructed at the Riverside Shipyard.

According to co-writer Roberto Orci, the shipyards were constructed in Iowa in honor of George Kirk's sacrifice on the USS Kelvin: "Shortly after the heroic death of George Kirk, the Iowa shipyards were erected by Starfleet to honor and commemorate the sacrifice. Hence, the Kelvin salt shaker in the diner, etc...." [1]

According to the novelization of Star Trek, the decision was more a matter of location, as central Iowa was close to the Mississippi River and a still-industrial Midwest, but sufficiently isolated that a catastrophic accident would endanger few people outside of the shipyard itself.

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