USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)

The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) commissioned in 2286 was a Constitution class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe. It was placed under the command of the newly demoted Captain James T. Kirk at the end of .

It is speculated by fans that the ship was originally the USS Yorktown (NCC-1704), and was rechristened as the Enterprise-A after the Probe incident in . However, the only basis for this was a comment by series creator Gene Roddenberry, and no solid evidence has ever been provided about the ship's history prior to that film.

In the ship was dispatched on a mission to rescue hostages, despite being not operational. It was then hijacked by the Vulcan renegade Sybok, who took the ship to a mysterious planet, where God was supposedly found. After a short while there, the crew were caught off-guard by some Klingons, and they caused minor damage before being called off.

In the next film, , the ship encountered a Klingon ship that could fire while cloaked (this had been previously impossible). It suffered major structural damage before being able to track and destroy the Klingons, with the help of the USS Excelsior (NCC-2000). At the end of the film, the Enterprise-A was decommissioned.

It is assumed that after the events of the film, the ship was put in the Starfleet Museum.

See Starship Enterprise for the starships with the same name, before and after her launch.