USS Exeter (NCC-1672)

== Appendices ==
=== Background information ===
The registry of the ''Exeter'' (NCC-1672) was not confirmed until it was seen on the [[Constitution class model (original)#CBS Digital.27s CGI model|CGI model]] in the 2007 [[TOS-R|remastered]] version of "The Omega Glory". Prior to that it had been seen without context on a list of starships in {{e|Court Martial}}. The registry was first connected with the starship in [[Bjo Trimble]]'s ''[[Star Trek Concordance]]'' and later in the {{ste}} by [[Michael Okuda]]. Both Trimble and Okuda took their cue from [[Greg Jein]]'s influential "[[The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship]]" article, published in the April 1973 issue 27 of the ''[[T-Negative]]'' [[fanzine]]. In the article, Jein had made an attempt to "logically" couple the registry numbers as seen in "Court Martial" with the names listed in the [[reference book]] ''[[The Making of Star Trek]]''. When the remastered series began its release, Okuda, then visual effects producer for the project, made use of the opportunity to elevate Jein's until then conjectural ship's registry to [[canon]]. 

The name of the ship had already been established by the producers at the start of [[TOS Season 2|second season]] of {{s|TOS}}, when they composed a definitive [[Constitution class#Footnotes|fourteen ship list]] belonging to the {{class|Constitution}}, then still referred to as "''Starship''-class" by them, including the ''Exeter''. The annotations of [[D.C. Fontana]] and Producer [[Robert Justman]] on their first two memo proposals, made it clear that the ship was named after the historical British World War II [[heavy cruiser]] {{w|HMS Exeter (68)|HMS ''Exeter''}}. (''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'', pp. 164-165) For some reason the ship was named USS ''Argentina'' in an early draft of the script according to ''[[The Star Trek Compendium]]'' &ndash; as was confirmed earlier by Jein who owned all the script drafts of the ''Original Series'' [http://www.trekplace.com/article10.html] &ndash; until it was decided to adhere to the list.

''Exeter''{{'}}s [[dedication plaque]] on the bridge was quite a bit larger than the ones on the ''Enterprise'' or the {{USS|Defiant|NCC-1764}}.

During filming on "The Omega Glory", a memo from ''Original Series'' producer [[Bob Justman]] to costume designer [[William Ware Theiss]] addressed the fact that the the ''Exeter'' crew wore their own, distinct [[assignment patch]]. Justman stated that this was an error, likely stemming from the insignia worn by the crew of the ''[[Antares]]'' in {{e|Charlie X}}, which Justman stated was "''the equivalent of merchant marine or freighter personnel''". Justman stated that, going forward, all Starship personnel should wear the Starship emblem that the crew of the ''Enterprise'' wear. [http://www.startrek.com/article/starfleet-insignia-explained]

=== Apocrypha ===
* The ''Exeter'' was listed in [[Franz Joseph]]'s ''[[Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' under the registry NCC-1706.
* This episode was recreated by GAF as a three-disc stereoscopic [[View-Master]] presentation. A booklet recounting the story accompanied the discs, but it was not completely faithful to the shooting script. A "[[Lieutenant]] Raintree" is featured, and he was killed in the same manner as Lt. [[Galloway]]; "Phil Raintree" was a character in an early draft of this script, one being considered for filming as the second pilot.
* In ''[[Star Trek Online]]'', the ''Exeter''-class line of ships were named after this ship.

=== External links ===
* {{startrek.com|exeter-ncc-1672|USS ''Exeter'' (NCC-1672)}}
* {{mbeta|USS Exeter (NCC-1672)|USS ''Exeter'' (NCC-1672)}}

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