In 2368, after having their memories temporarily submerged, the senior staff of the USS Enterprise-D read the ship's dedication plaque to figure out the name of the ship. ( TNG: " Conundrum") At the time enterprise was created in the 2100's, (nx-01) the class was designated "starship class" to reflect its intent to explore other systems, as opposed to the previous ships that explored our solar system.

Rooney, S. Rissmiller – Vehicle Development: A. Kroeker, B. Yacobian, G. Harvey, E. Norman, N. Lee, T. Scott, R. Simonson, A. Levy, A. Fukai, M. DeMeritt, D. DeMeritt, D. Overdiek, J. Rudolph, S. Shimizu, D. Rossi – Spaceframe Engineering: H. Zimmerman, L. Dorton, J. Mees, C. Binkley, J. The Stargazer dedication plaque was illegible on screen, and according to Doug Drexler, the plaque art had been lost. However, the plaque was found and was used as set decoration in the observation lounge of the USS Stargazer (NCC-82893). A picture of this plaque can be seen in one of Star Trek: Picard production designer Dave Blass tweets tweets (X). Michael Okuda commented, in 2009, on the class name: That is speaking very generally. Almost all battleships of the US Navy have hull numbers in the series from BB 1 (USS Indiana 1895) to BB 64 (USS Wisconsin 1944).In the non- canon Star Trek: Titan premier novel Taking Wing, Captain Riker has a tough time selecting a proper quote for the USS Titan's dedication plaque. It has never been implied, one way or the other, if it is standard procedure for a ship's captain to choose the quote on their own ship's plaque. In the next novel The Red King, he chooses the Vulcan maxim "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations" ( IDIC) in tribute to the Titan's crew, which following with the Luna-class's design, was one of the most diverse in Starfleet history with less than 15% of the crew being Human. One of Riker's other choices was a verse sung by Jazz legend Teresa Brewer: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing." The dedication plaque indicated that the ship was built by 'Federation Space Systems', and gave the ship's motto as 'To bring light into the darkness.' Herb Wright suggested that one." [12] (X) The motto was inspired by Flowers for Algernon , a science-fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. A section in the book states: All of them should be Nimitz class as well, but Roddenberry didn't know about this whole thing. It was quietly written in by writers later, once the series was taken more seriously in general. Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd US President, was quoted on the dedication plaque of the USS Yamato in " Where Silence Has Lease". The quote was: "I have sworn eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." ( Star Trek Encyclopedia (1st ed., p. 380)) The following information was listed on the dedication plaques of starships named Stargazer. ( TNG: " The Battle"; PIC: " The Star Gazer" set artwork)

The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of civilian freighter SS Xhosa. ( DS9: " For the Cause" set artwork)When the script for " The Visitor" describes the state of the USS Defiant in the early 2400s, it notes that the " dedication plaque is probably gone… an exhibit in a museum somewhere."

Ward, S. D'Errico, G. Edelman, L. Dukes, S. Brill, J. Moore, J. Fisher – Flight Software: J. McMeikan, J.P. Farrell, B. Lederman, C. Petrus, D. Baskin, H. Jierjian, D. Koeppel Starfleet Command: R. Berman, B. Braga, M. Coto, P. Lauritson, M. Howard, D. Velazquez, J.P. Farrell, B. Yacobian, S. Welke, D. Rossi, D. Mirabello, T. Matalas, D. For example there are hundreds of cruise ships operating today, but only three operating ships of the largest class, the Oasis class, and three of the next largest class, the Freedom class. If the Constitution class starships were the first starships to be built they might have been listed as Starship class Starfleet vessels until the next class of starships was introducted, and then they might have been renamed Constitution class starships without changing the plaques on the bridges. The following information was listed on the dedication plaque of ISS Avenger. ( ENT: " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" set artwork)Trotti, T. Tagamolila, J. Harris, P. Butler, J. Rudolph, J. Brown, S. Shimizu, L. Sena, A. Pooley – Mission Ops: M. Sussman, A. Bormanis, J. Reeves-Stevens, G. Reeves I made this one for my NX-Refit in Star Trek Online. Well most of the work is from a PSD I found on Deviant Art. I just edited and resized it to fit an NX-Class plaque. I named it after the Endeavour from the Rise of the Federation books. The names are from the NX-02's plaque in the show. I chose 'To infinity, and beyond' as the quote because I was watching Toy Story at the time. The Latin is probably incorrect.

You will need Photoshop to be able to edit those templates, if you don't have it send me a PM with the following information and I will create one for you:IMHO in the era of TOS any civilian or Starfleet spaceship that traveled between stars was a starship in the usual sense of the word, but in the eyes of Starfleet members the word starship was reserved for large powerful ships made for exploring and protecting the far frontiers of the Federation. Not just spaceships or starships but STARSHIPS. Based on that, the logo used for the STO (2386+) era is the TOS insignia, a variation of which the Antares, Sierra, and Odyssey uniforms all use. Nesterowicz – Deep Space Operations: T. Arp, T. Purser, J. Pizston, J. Djanrelian, C. Clark, F. O'Hea, R. Ratliff, J. Peyser, D. Drozdowski, R. Hester, W. Thoms, V. For I dipt in to the future, far as Human eye could see; Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be…" – Alfred Tennyson M. O'Halloran, A. Codron, D. Takemura, A. Simonson, A. Lambert – United Earth Space Probe Agency: G. Roddenberry, W.M. Jefferies