Excelsior-class

USS Excelsior

The Excelsior-class starship first appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Nicknamed "the great experiment", the first vessel in this class was fitted with a new transwarp drive. The experiment was deemed a failure and a standard warp drive was installed. The Enterprise B was a variant of the class. Later on, the USS Lakota was refitted with ablative armor, stronger phasers, quantum torpedoes, and a faster warp drive.

The ship class remained in service through the end of the TNG era, making appearances in large fleet actions and battles in both TNG and DS9.

Notable ships

• USS Excelsior (NX-2000, subsequently NCC-2000)
• USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)
• USS Hood (NCC-42296)
• USS Lakota (NCC-42768)
• USS Valley Forge
• USS Cairo
• USS Malinche