FASA's History of the Constitution Class

[spyone]

One of the neat things FASA did in their books was give you lists of ships of a given class, and/or data on their fates. Of course, the Constitution Class got the full treatment.
While FASA dates do not match canon dates, they did guess a lot of things correctly (like the big E being 19 when Kirk got her and her refit coming 5 years later). Which got me thinking that folks might like to see it.
I put all the data into a database, and sorted it. What I have is a chronological list of things that happened to Constitution Class ships.
It needs some explanation. First, you will see some ships commissioned twice. The second is a replacement for a ship that was lost, which you should also see. Some ships have the roman numeral "II" after the name. This is because they ship they are replacing was Lost, and could be re-discovered.
The Mark II has phasers instead of lasers, and better shields. The Mark III adds a better Warp Drive to that. Kirk got a Mark III. The Mark IV uses upgraded photon launchers, shields, and impulse engines. The Enterprise was to be upgraded to Mark IV when it was refit instead, with new Nacelles and other upgrades. Mark VI's have more power, uprated phasers, and better Impulse engines. The Mark VII adds more and better torpedo launchers, more phasers, better Impulse engines again, and an uprated computer.
All this is per FASA, circa 1985.

Ship Name Year Month Event
Constitution 2245 01 commissioned as Mk I
Enterprise 2245 02 commissioned as Mk I
Constellation 2245 03 commissioned as Mk I
Intrepid 2245 04 commissioned as Mk I
Republic 2245 05 commissioned as Mk I
Farragut 2245 06 commissioned as Mk I
Excalibur 2246 01 commissioned as Mk I
Lexington 2246 12 commissioned as Mk I
Exeter 2247 03 commissioned as Mk I
Yorktown 2247 05 commissioned as Mk I
Potemkin 2249 06 commissioned as Mk I
Hood 2250 07 commissioned as Mk I
Defiant 2250 11 commissioned as Mk I
Bismark 2256 01 commissioned as Mk II
Yamato 2256 03 commissioned as Mk II
Kongo 2257 09 commissioned as Mk II
Challenger 2257 08 commissioned as Mk II
Valiant 2257 10 commissioned as Mk II
Essex 2258 04 commissioned as Mk II
Saratoga 2258 05 commissioned as Mk II
El Dorado 2258 09 commissioned as Mk II
Kent 2259 02 commissioned as Mk II
Enterprise 2259 03 upgrade to Mk III
Intrepid 2259 06 upgrade to Mk III
Constitution 2259 06 upgrade to Mk III
Essex 2259 09 upgrade to Mk III
Constellation 2259 11 upgrade to Mk III
El Dorado 2259 12 upgrade to Mk III
Defiant 2260 03 upgrade to Mk III
Lexington 2260 04 upgrade to Mk III
Exeter 2260 07 upgrade to Mk III
Yorktown 2260 08 upgrade to Mk III
Ticonderoga 2260 08 commissioned as Mk III
Republic 2260 09 upgrade to Mk III
Yamato 2260 11 upgrade to Mk III
Valiant 2260 12 upgrade to Mk III
Excalibur 2261 02 upgrade to Mk III
Hood 2261 02 upgrade to Mk III
Ticonderoga 2261 05 scrapped
Eagle 2261 05 commissioned as Mk III
Kongo 2261 06 upgrade to Mk III
Potemkin 2261 10 upgrade to Mk III
Saratoga 2261 10 upgrade to Mk III
Marseille 2262 10 commissioned as Mk III
Farragut 2263 01 upgrade to Mk III
Kent 2263 01 upgrade to Mk III
Langley 2263 03 commissioned as Mk III
Challenger 2263 08 upgrade to Mk III
Bismark 2263 10 upgrade to Mk III
Santissima Trinidad 2264 06 commissioned as Mk III
Lexington 2265 02 lost
Richelieu 2265 02 commissioned as Mk III
Forrestal 2265 02 commissioned as Mk III
Republic 2267 01 lost
Kitty Hawk 2267 01 commissioned as Mk III
Constellation 2267 02 destroyed
Chikuma 2267 04 commissioned as Mk III
Victory 2267 05 commissioned as Mk III
Rivoli 2267 08 commissioned as Mk III
BonHomme Richard 2267 09 commissioned as Mk III
Intrepid 2267 12 destroyed
Endeavor 2268 01 commissioned as Mk III
Hornet 2268 01 commissioned as Mk III
Farragut 2268 04 destroyed
Excalibur 2268 05 destroyed
Akagi 2268 05 commissioned as Mk III
Kaga 2268 05 commissioned as Mk III
Defiant 2268 10 destroyed
Littorio 2268 12 commissioned as Mk III
Ark Royal 2269 01 commissioned as Mk III
Radetsky 2269 04 commissioned as Mk III
Discovery 2269 10 commissioned as Mk III
Exeter 2269 12 scrapped
Yorktown 2270 02 scrapped
Potemkin 2271 01 destroyed
Hood 2271 01 scrapped
Saratoga 2271 02 upgrade to Mk IV
El Dorado 2271 02 upgrade to Mk IV
Kitty Hawk 2271 02 upgrade to Mk IV
Discovery 2271 02 upgrade to Mk IV
Radetsky 2271 04 upgrade to Mk IV
Constitution 2271 05 Inactive/reserve fleet
Forrestal 2271 05 upgrade to Mk IV
Endeavor 2271 11 upgrade to Mk IV
Kent 2271 12 upgrade to Mk IV
Richelieu 2272 03 upgrade to Mk IV
Hornet 2272 06 upgrade to Mk IV
Littorio 2272 08 upgrade to Mk IV
Langley 2272 08 upgrade to Mk IV
Rivoli 2274 10 destroyed
Enterprise 2276 04 refit to Mk V
Potemkin 2276 04 commissioned as Mk V
Hood 2276 04 commissioned as Mk V
Intrepid 2276 06 commissioned as Mk V
Challenger 2276 07 refit to Mk V
Bismark 2276 09 refit to Mk V
Akagi 2276 09 destroyed
Kaga 2276 09 lost
Yamato 2276 11 refit to Mk V
Constellation 2276 11 commissioned as Mk V
Yorktown 2276 12 commissioned as Mk V
Defiant 2276 12 commissioned as Mk V
Valiant 2277 02 refit to Mk V
Farrigut 2277 02 commissioned as Mk V
Lexington 2277 02 commissioned as Mk V
Kongo 2277 03 destroyed
Essex 2277 03 refit to Mk V
Exeter 2277 05 commissioned as Mk V
Excalibur 2277 08 commissioned as Mk V
Rivoli 2277 09 commissioned as Mk V
BonHomme Richard 2277 10 refit to Mk V
Santissima Trinidad 2278 02 upgrade to Mk VI
Marseille 2278 02 upgrade to Mk V
Victory 2278 03 lost
Valley Forge 2278 03 commissioned as Mk V
Akagi 2278 03 commissioned as Mk V
Minsk 2278 04 commissioned as Mk V
Republic II 2278 04 commissioned as Mk V
Radetsky 2278 06 destroyed
Oriskany 2278 06 commissioned as Mk V
Wasp 2278 06 commissioned as Mk V
Graf Zeppelin 2278 10 commissioned as Mk VI
Hancock 2278 10 commissioned as Mk V
Zuiho 2278 12 commissioned as Mk VI
Excalibur 2279 03 scrapped
Scharnhorst 2279 03 commissioned as Mk VI
Saratoga 2279 06 inactive/reserve fleet
El Dorado 2279 06 inactive/reserve fleet
Eagle 2279 06 scrapped
Soryu 2279 06 commissioned as Mk VI
Franklin 2279 06 commissioned as Mk VI
Gneisenau 2279 06 commissioned as Mk VI
Hiryu 2279 08 commissioned as Mk VI
Kaga II 2279 08 commissioned as Mk VI
Victory II 2279 10 commissioned as Mk VI
Kongo 2280 02 commissioned as Mk VII
Radetsky 2280 04 commissioned as Mk VI
Konigsberg 2280 06 commissioned as Mk VI
Hancock 2280 08 destroyed
Eagle 2280 08 commissioned as Mk VI
Saratoga II 2280 09 commissioned as Mk VII
Emperador 2280 09 commissioned as Mk VII
Kashima 2280 10 commissioned as Mk VI
Forrestal 2280 11 scrapped
El Dorado II 2280 11 commissioned as Mk VII
King George V 2281 01 commissioned as Mk VI
Prince of Wales 2281 01 commissioned as Mk VI
Freidland 2281 01 commissioned as Mk VI
Kearsarge 2281 02 commissioned as Mk VII
Bunker Hill 2281 02 commissioned as Mk VII
Enterprise 2281 06 destroyed
Ukrania 2281 06 commissioned as Mk VII
Potemkin 2281 08 inactive/reserve fleet
Fontana 2281 08 commissioned as Mk VII
Kitty Hawk 2281 09 destroyed
Forrestal 2281 10 commissioned as Mk V
Marcello 2281 10 commissioned as Mk VII
Java 2281 12 commissioned as Mk VII
Chikuma 2282 01 scrapped
Clemenceau 2282 01 commissioned as Mk VI
Ticonderoga 2282 06 incomplete
Kitty Hawk 2282 06 incomplete
Chikuma 2282 06 incomplete


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[spyone]

My attempts to format that appear to have failed.
BTW, I adjusted all the dates. They follow the exact FASA order, but what FASA called 2188 I made 2245 (comissioning of USS Enterprise). That's a difference of 52 years, so I just added 52 to all other dates.

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You're a Starfleet Officer. "Weird" is part of the job.

[spyone]

(sound of cricket chirping)

Does no one care, or is it just that you all feel you have nothing to add?

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[tonyg]

Chirp, Chirp.
Hi Spyone, I've been doing some similar things using some of the FAA information for ships in my campaign. While there are some problems between cannon and FASA dates, most TOS stuff can be dated either according to the launch of the Enterprise, or by ST: TMP.

[Identity Crisis]

If anyone's interested in this stuff then they may like my page on the subject:

http://steve.pugh.net/fleet/con_fasa.html

I've stuck with FASA dates on the page itself but it's easy enough to convert.

[spyone]

That is one classy looking site. !

I must confess that I prefer the FASA placement of TMP. I seem to think that my impression when I first saw TMP was that it was supposed to be about 10 years after TOS, which makes a lot of sense given that it really WAS about 10 years (and thus, everyone was 10 years older). This moves TMP closer to TWOK than some people would like, but ....
Well, tough! Kirk had 2 5-year missions, IMO, and the refit didn't begin until 2274 at the earilest. TMP was somewhere from 2277 to 2279, and TWOK was 2285.
But I'm ranting.

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You're a Starfleet Officer. "Weird" is part of the job.

[Commodore 2]

That site is nice.The timelines are a little off, but considering what B&B are doing, Icould live with it.
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Best speed to Gallifrey!
Commodore Horatio Richard Jaeger
CO USS Audacity,NCC-85901

[Pete]

Just wanted to say, this Constitution class list is pretty smooth. I may never need it, but it's nice to have!

Slick site, Identity Crisis.

[spyone]

Identity Crisis,
I was poking around your site reading things, and got to your thing with the inconsistancies and the USS Interepid.

You seem to have fallen into a trap. While we know that USS Voyager is a new ship, and packed full of nifty goodies, we don't know how long the Intrepid Class was around before Voyager was built.
So, it is quite possable that Geordi was competing with the Chief Engineer of the USS Intrepid that was prototype for the Intrepid Class, and had been in service for 6 years (built in 2264, when the Enterprise was launched.). Or at any date in between. In fact, if you are willing to ignore the idea that the designs have been "evolving" towards a Voyager-like design, the Intrepid could pre-date the Galaxy Class.
Whatever suits your tastes best.

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[Identity Crisis]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Commodore 2:
That site is nice.The timelines are a little off.</font>

That's because there are three different timelines in use:

The 'official' Okuda/Paramount timeline - TOS as years 3-5 of the five year mission in 2266-2269, TMP in 2271, TWoK in 2285, etc.

The fandom timeline as described by James Dixon - TOS as years 1-3 of the five year mission in 2260-2263, TMP in 2267, TWoK in 2287, etc.

The FASA/Space Flight Chronology/Shane Johnson timeline - TOS as years 1-3 of the five year mission in 2207-2210, TMP in 2217, TWoK in 2222, etc.

My site mainly uses a slighty modified version of the first timeline but some dates are direct quotes from sources that use the others. The Constitution pages are probably the most confused as this is the area with the largest number of contradictory publications.

[Commodore 2]

That's true; sometimes when you deal with more than one source of information you do run the risk of some conflict.
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Best speed to Gallifrey!
Commodore Horatio Richard Jaeger
CO,USS Audacity,NCC-85901

[spyone]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by spyone:
we don't know how long the Intrepid Class was around before Voyager was built.</font>

Apparently I was wrong.
Star Trek:The Magazine generally tends to be fairly acurate, avoiding concrete statements unless backed by canon. It says that Voyager was the second Intrepid Class ship built, which probably means someone said so in an episode I missed.
(Sigh. Stupid people.)
So, I recind my comments, Identity. You are right about when USS Intrepid must have been built.

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