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{{disambiguation|the Nazi paramilitary organization|SS}}
'''SS''' is a [[starship]] [[registry]] prefix given to ships generally of [[Earth]] origin. Prior to Dr. [[Zefram Cochrane]]'s discovery of [[warp drive]], it was used to signify [[sleeper ship]]s and [[cryonic satellite]]s. ({{TOS|Space Seed}}; {{TNG|The Neutral Zone}})
 
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'''SS''' was a prefix before a [[starship]] name for some vessels in the [[Earth]] and [[Federation]] [[registry|registries]].
   
The earliest warp-capable "space ships" would use this registry. ({{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}; {{ENT|Terra Nova}})
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Prior to Dr. [[Zefram Cochrane]]'s discovery of [[warp drive]], it was used to signify [[sleeper ship]]s and [[cryonic satellite]]s. ({{TOS|Space Seed}}; {{TNG|The Neutral Zone}}) The earliest warp-capable "space ships" would use this registry. ({{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}; {{ENT|Terra Nova}}) The prefix was then seen on survey ships and colonization starships. ({{TNG|Up The Long Ladder}})
   
 
Within a hundred years, [[freighter]]s and [[transport]]s were given SS prefixes. ({{TOS|Friday's Child}}; {{film|7}}) By the mid-[[24th century]], some {{class|Oberth}} science ships were given the prefix as well. ({{TNG|The Naked Now|Hero Worship}})
The prefix was then seen on survey ships and colonization starships. ({{TNG|Up The Long Ladder}})
 
   
 
==List of SS ships by date==
Within a hundred years, [[freighter]]s and [[transport]]s were given SS prefixes. ({{TOS|Friday's Child}}; {{film|7}})
 
 
By the mid-[[24th century]], some {{ShipClass|Oberth}} science ships were given the prefix as well. ({{TNG|The Naked Now|Hero Worship}})
 
 
==List of SS ships==
 
 
{| class="grey"
 
{| class="grey"
 
|-
 
|-
! Ship Name
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! width=150 | Ship Name
 
! Registry
 
! Registry
 
! Government/Agency
 
! Government/Agency
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| [[Khan Noonien Singh]]
 
| [[Khan Noonien Singh]]
 
| [[1996]]
 
| [[1996]]
| [[Image:SS Botany Bay, remastered.jpg|100px|The SS ''Botany Bay'' in 2267.]]
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| [[File:SS Botany Bay, remastered.jpg|100px|The SS ''Botany Bay'' in 2267]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| {{SS|Valiant}}
 
| {{SS|Valiant}}
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| [[Captain]] [[Mitchell (Captain)|Mitchell]]
 
| [[Captain]] [[Mitchell (Captain)|Mitchell]]
 
| [[2069]]-[[2078]]
 
| [[2069]]-[[2078]]
| [[Image:SS Conestoga 3.jpg|100px|The SS ''Conestoga'' in 2069.]]
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| [[File:SS Conestoga 3.jpg|100px|The SS ''Conestoga'' in 2069]]
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|-
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| {{SS|Emmette‎}}
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| ''unknown''
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| ''unknown''
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| {{type|Emmette}}
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| ''unknown''
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| Late [[21st century]] - mid [[22nd century]]
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| [[File:SS Emmette‎.jpg|100px|The SS ''Emmette‎'']]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| {{SS|Hokule'a}}
 
| {{SS|Hokule'a}}
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| ''unknown''
 
| ''unknown''
 
| ''unknown''
 
| ''unknown''
| [[NAR-18834]]
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| [[NAR18834]]
 
| [[Captain]] [[Wendy Neuss (Captain)|Wendy Neuss]]
 
| [[Captain]] [[Wendy Neuss (Captain)|Wendy Neuss]]
 
| [[2120]]
 
| [[2120]]
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| [[Captain]] [[Walter Granger]]
 
| [[Captain]] [[Walter Granger]]
 
| [[2123]]
 
| [[2123]]
| [[Image:SS Mariposa.jpg|100px|Display of the SS ''Mariposa'' in 2366.]]
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| [[File:SS Mariposa.jpg|100px|Display of the SS ''Mariposa'' in 2366]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| {{SS|Buckaroo Banzai}}
 
| {{SS|Buckaroo Banzai}}
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| ''unknown''
 
| ''unknown''
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
| [[Class 4 stardrive]]
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| [[Class 4 stardrive vessel]]
 
| [[Captain]] [[R.M. Merik]]
 
| [[Captain]] [[R.M. Merik]]
 
| [[2261]]
 
| [[2261]]
 
| ''no image''
 
| ''no image''
 
|-
 
|-
| {{SS|Dierdre}}
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| {{SS|Deirdre}}
 
| ''unknown''
 
| ''unknown''
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
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| NFT-7793
 
| NFT-7793
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
| {{ShipClass|Whorfin}}
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| {{class|Whorfin}}
 
| ''unknown''
 
| ''unknown''
 
| [[2293]]
 
| [[2293]]
| [[Image:SS_Lakul.jpg|100px|The SS ''Lakul'' in 2293.]]
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| [[File:SS_Lakul.jpg|100px|The SS ''Lakul'' in 2293]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| {{SS|Robert Fox}}
 
| {{SS|Robert Fox}}
 
| NFT-1327
 
| NFT-1327
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
| {{ShipClass|Whorfin}}
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| {{class|Whorfin}}
 
| ''unknown''
 
| ''unknown''
 
| [[2293]]
 
| [[2293]]
| [[Image:SS_Robert_Fox.jpg|100px|The SS ''Robert Fox'' in 2293.]]
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| [[File:SS_Robert_Fox.jpg|100px|The SS ''Robert Fox'' in 2293]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| {{SS|Manila}}
 
| {{SS|Manila}}
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| BDR-529
 
| BDR-529
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
| {{ShipClass|Erewon}}
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| {{class|Erewon}}
 
| [[Alixus]]
 
| [[Alixus]]
 
| [[2360]]
 
| [[2360]]
| [[Image:SS_Santa_Maria.jpg|100px|The remains of the SS ''Santa Maria'' in 2370.]]
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| [[File:SS_Santa_Maria.jpg|100px|The remains of the SS ''Santa Maria'' in 2370]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| {{SS|Tsiolkovsky}}
 
| {{SS|Tsiolkovsky}}
 
| NCC-53911
 
| NCC-53911
| [[UFP]] [[Starfleet]]
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| [[United Federation of Planets]] [[Starfleet]]
| {{ShipClass|Oberth}}
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| {{class|Oberth}}
 
| ''unknown''
 
| ''unknown''
 
| [[2363]]-[[2364]]
 
| [[2363]]-[[2364]]
| [[Image:SSTsiolkovsky-USSEnterprise-D-redgiant.jpg|100px|The SS ''Tsiolkovsky'' with the USS ''Enterprise''-D in 2364.]]
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| [[File:SS Tsiolkovsky.jpg|100px|The SS ''Tsiolkovsky'' with the USS ''Enterprise''-D in 2364]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| {{SS|Vico}}
 
| {{SS|Vico}}
 
| NAR-18834
 
| NAR-18834
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
 
| [[United Federation of Planets]]
| {{ShipClass|Oberth}}
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| {{class|Oberth}}
 
| ''unknown''
 
| ''unknown''
 
| [[2368]]
 
| [[2368]]
| [[Image:SSVico.jpg|100px|The SS ''Vico'' in 2368.]]
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| [[File:SS_Vico.jpg|100px|The SS ''Vico'' in 2368]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| {{SS|Oregon}}
 
| {{SS|Oregon}}
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| [[2370]]
 
| [[2370]]
 
| ''no image''
 
| ''no image''
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|-
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| {{SS|Xhosa}}
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| ''unknown''
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| [[United Federation of Planets]]
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| {{class|Antares|Federation}}
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| [[Captain]] [[Kassidy Yates]]
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| [[2371]]
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| [[File:Xhosa.jpg|100 px|The SS ''Xhosa'' in 2372]]
 
|}
 
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==Background Information==
 
==Background Information==
The registry "SS" is used by the [[United States]] to reference [[submarine]]s. SS was first used in a Trek production as early as {{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}} (for the SS ''Valiant''), but was actually referenced in [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s [[Star Trek is...|Star Trek pitch]] for the main ship, the [[USS Yorktown (23rd century)|S.S. ''Yorktown'']] that became the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}.
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The registry "SS" is used by the [[United States Navy]] as a {{w|hull classification symbol}} for [[submarine]]s. For {{w|merchant vessel}}s, SS is used as a naming prefix for a steam ship. SS was first used in a ''Trek'' production as early as {{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}} (for the SS ''Valiant''), but was actually referenced in [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s [[Star Trek is...|''Star Trek'' pitch]] for the main ship, the [[USS Yorktown (23rd century)|SS ''Yorktown'']] that became the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}.
 
 
[[category:Starship classifications| SS]]
 
[[category:Starship classifications| SS]]

Revision as of 18:11, 13 July 2014

SS Mariposa

Display specifically referencing the SS Mariposa

For the Nazi paramilitary organization, please see SS.

SS was a prefix before a starship name for some vessels in the Earth and Federation registries.

Prior to Dr. Zefram Cochrane's discovery of warp drive, it was used to signify sleeper ships and cryonic satellites. (TOS: "Space Seed"; TNG: "The Neutral Zone") The earliest warp-capable "space ships" would use this registry. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before"; ENT: "Terra Nova") The prefix was then seen on survey ships and colonization starships. (TNG: "Up The Long Ladder")

Within a hundred years, freighters and transports were given SS prefixes. (TOS: "Friday's Child"; Star Trek Generations) By the mid-24th century, some Oberth-class science ships were given the prefix as well. (TNG: "The Naked Now", "Hero Worship")

List of SS ships by date

Ship Name Registry Government/Agency Class/Type Commander(s) Dates Image
SS Botany Bay unknown Khan Noonien Singh's government DY-100 class Khan Noonien Singh 1996 The SS Botany Bay in 2267
SS Valiant unknown unknown Explorer unknown 2065 no image
SS Conestoga unknown unknown Colony ship Captain Mitchell 2069-2078 The SS Conestoga in 2069
SS Emmette‎ unknown unknown Emmette-type unknown Late 21st century - mid 22nd century The SS Emmette‎
SS Hokule'a unknown unknown DY-500-B Captain Melinda Snodgrass 2102 no image
SS Tomobiki unknown unknown RT-2203 Captain Peter Lauritson 2119 no image
SS Seattle unknown unknown NAR18834 Captain Wendy Neuss 2120 no image
SS Mariposa NAR-7678 UN DY-500 class Captain Walter Granger 2123 Display of the SS Mariposa in 2366
SS Buckaroo Banzai unknown unknown BBI-993 Captain John Whorfin 2137 no image
SS Urusei Yatsura unknown unknown DY-430 Captain David Glink 2146 no image
SS Hatteras unknown United Federation of Planets DY-245 Captain Gary Loes 2187 no image
SS Columbia unknown American Continent Institute Survey vessel Dr. Theodore Haskins 2236 no image
SS Beagle unknown United Federation of Planets Class 4 stardrive vessel Captain R.M. Merik 2261 no image
SS Deirdre unknown United Federation of Planets Federation freighter unknown 2267 no image
SS Lakul NFT-7793 United Federation of Planets Whorfin-class unknown 2293 The SS Lakul in 2293
SS Robert Fox NFT-1327 United Federation of Planets Whorfin-class unknown 2293 The SS Robert Fox in 2293
SS Manila unknown United Federation of Planets Federation transport unknown 2328 no image
SS Santa Maria BDR-529 United Federation of Planets Erewon-class Alixus 2360 The remains of the SS Santa Maria in 2370
SS Tsiolkovsky NCC-53911 United Federation of Planets Starfleet Oberth-class unknown 2363-2364 The SS Tsiolkovsky with the USS Enterprise-D in 2364
SS Vico NAR-18834 United Federation of Planets Oberth-class unknown 2368 The SS Vico in 2368
SS Oregon unknown United Federation of Planets Federation transport Captain W. Clinton 2370 no image
SS Xhosa unknown United Federation of Planets Antares-class Captain Kassidy Yates 2371 The SS Xhosa in 2372

Background Information

The registry "SS" is used by the United States Navy as a hull classification symbol for submarines. For merchant vessels, SS is used as a naming prefix for a steam ship. SS was first used in a Trek production as early as "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (for the SS Valiant), but was actually referenced in Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek pitch for the main ship, the SS Yorktown that became the USS Enterprise.