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The USS Endeavour (NCC-1895) was a 23rd century Federation Constitution-class starship operated by Starfleet.

The Endeavour was on a deep space exploration mission near Klingon territory in 2293. This ship was named as a ship on station in Sector 21166-8 for Operation Retrieve. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

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Constitution-class starships

USS Constellation • USS Defiant • USS Enterprise • USS Excalibur • USS Exeter • USS Hood • USS Intrepid • USS Lexington • USS New Jersey • USS Potemkin • NCC-1700 • Unnamed

Mirror universe: USS Defiant • ISS Enterprise

Alternate reality: USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-A • Unnamed

Alternate timeline: UEF Enterprise

Appendices

Background information

This starship and it's registry number were not referenced in dialog. This vessel appeared in the plans for Operation Retrieve presented by Colonel West. Save for the USS Excelsior, the Eagle and five other starships were graphically represented by the silhouette of a movie era refit-Constitution-class vessel. According to the starship listing included on page four of the Operation Retrieve mission plans, which however was not seen in the extended cut of the movie, the Endeavour was commanded by D. Wise, and the ship was located in Sector 22849. The ship's captain was named after the sixth movie's first assistant director Douglas E. Wise. [1]

The Endeavour was a starship name considered by the producers at the start of second season of Star Trek: The Original Series for inclusion in the definitive fourteen ship list belonging to the Constitution-class, at the time still referred to as "Starship-class" by them. It was mentioned in the first two proposals, but ultimately did not make the cut. (The Making of Star Trek, pp. 164-165) The name was considered due to the fact that page 27 of the first draft treatment of the script, dated May 15, 1967 for the second season episode "Amok Time", contained a line having Captain Kirk state,

"Excalibur and Endeavor are the other two ships assigned with us to Altair."

The reference though, was dropped from the episode as aired. [2]

Franz Joseph's reference book Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual gave the Endeavour the registry NCC-1716 and Greg Jein's influential "The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship" article gave it the registry NCC-1718. When creating the charts for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Michael Okuda chose to invent a new number for the ship. [3] Okuda has since then propagated the number throughout his subsequent reference book writings. Early editions Star Trek Encyclopedia also listed the ship as a Constitution-class vessel, whereas the last edition dropped the entry for the 23rd century vessel altogether.

The Endeavour was presumably named for the HMS Endeavour, specifically, the HM Bark Endeavour commanded by Lieutenant James Cook in his voyage of exploration in the Pacific from 1768–1771, and the NASA space shuttle Endeavour.

Apocrypha

The Pocket TOS Errand of Vengeance novel Killing Blow features a USS Endeavor engaging Klingon forces at the Battle of Donatu V in 2245. This Endeavor was referred to as an Icarus-class at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works starship in Errand of Fury: Seeds of Rage.

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 |        Name= USS ''Endeavour''
-|       Class=
+|       Class= {{Class|Constitution}}
-|    Registry= NCC-1895
+|    Registry= NCC-1856
-| owner      = {{Federation}}
+|       owner= {{Federation}}
-| operator   = [[Starfleet]]
+|    operator= [[Starfleet]]
 |      Status= Active
 |  Datestatus= 2293
+|      image2= Operation Retrieve, page 2.jpg
-}}
+|   imagecap2= USS ''Endeavour'' in the Operation Retrieve plans
-The '''USS ''Endeavour'' (NCC-1895)''' was a [[Federation]] [[starship]] that was in service with [[Starfleet]] in the late [[23rd century]].
+}}__NOTOC__
+The '''USS ''Endeavour'' ([[NCC]]-1895)''' was a [[23rd century]] [[Federation]] {{Class|Constitution}} [[starship]] operated by [[Starfleet]].
-The ''Endeavour'' was on a deep [[space]] exploration mission near [[Klingon]] territory in [[2293]]. This ship, along with the {{USS|Ahwahnee|NCC-2048}} and the {{USS|Emden}}, was selected as additional support for [[Operation Retrieve]], which would have rescued [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|James Kirk]] and [[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy]] from [[Rura Penthe]]. ({{film|6}})
+The ''Endeavour'' was on a deep [[space]] exploration mission near [[Klingon]] territory in [[2293]]. This ship was named as a ship on station in [[Sector 21166 (Sector)|Sector 21166-8]] for [[Operation Retrieve]]. ({{film|6}})
+{{StarshipEndeavour}}
+{{Constitution class starships}}
 ==Appendices==__NOTOC__
+===See also===
+*{{USS|Endeavour|alternate reality| (alternate reality)}}
 ===Background information===
-This [[starship]] and [[registry number]] were not referenced in dialog. This vessel appeared in the plans for Operation Retrieve presented by [[Colonel]] [[West]]. Save for the {{USS|Excelsior}},  the ''Eagle'' and five other starships were graphically represented by the silhouette of a movie era [[refit]]-{{class|Constitution}} vessel. [[Michael Okuda]], the creator of the charts, usually endowed ''Constitution''-class vessels, that had not yet been provided with one [[canon]]ically, with numbers either derived from [[Franz Joseph]]'s [[reference book]] ''[[Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' (NCC-1716) or [[Greg Jein]]'s influential "[[The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship]]" article (NCC-1718), published in the April 1973 issue 27 of the ''[[T-Negative]]'' [[fanzine]]. In this case though, Okuda deviated from the norm and used a number originating from neither. Okuda has stated years later, "''In still other cases, the ships and/or numbers did not come from either source, but were consistent with some fleet status charts I did elsewhere on the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}} in Star Trek VI.''" [http://flare.solareclipse.net/cgi2/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=002739;p=3] Okuda has since then propagated the number throughout his subsequent reference book writings.
+This starship and it's [[registry]] number were not referenced in dialog. This vessel appeared in the plans for Operation Retrieve presented by [[Colonel]] [[West]]. Save for the {{USS|Excelsior}},  the ''Eagle'' and five other starships were graphically represented by the silhouette of a movie era [[refit]]-{{class|Constitution}} vessel. According to the starship listing included on page four of the Operation Retrieve mission plans, which however was not seen in the extended cut of the movie, the ''Endeavour'' was commanded by [[D. Wise (captain)|D. Wise]], and the ship was located in [[Sector 22849]]. The ship's captain was named after the sixth movie's first assistant director [[Douglas E. Wise]]. [http://flare.solareclipse.net/ultimatebb.php/topic/6/2739/2.html#000022]
+The ''Endeavour'' was a starship name considered by the producers at the start of [[TOS Season 2|second season]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' for inclusion in the definitive [[Constitution class#Footnotes|fourteen ship list]] belonging to the {{class|Constitution}}, at the time still referred to as "''Starship''-class" by them. It was mentioned in the first two proposals, but ultimately did not make the cut. (''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'', pp. 164-165) The name was considered due to the fact that page 27 of the first draft treatment of the script, dated May 15, 1967 for the second season episode {{e|Amok Time}}, contained a line having [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] state,
-From this, Okuda's ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' listed the ship as a ''Constitution''-class vessel. However, the entry has been removed from the last edition of the ''Encyclopedia''.
+::;"[[USS Excalibur (NCC-1664)|Excalibur]] and Endeavor are the other two ships assigned with us to [[Altair VI|Altair]]."
-The name of the ship had been considered by the producers at the start of [[TOS Season 2|second season]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' for inclusion in the definitive [[Constitution class#Footnotes|list of fourteen ships]] belonging to the {{class|Constitution}}, still referred to as "''Starship''-class" by them at the time. It was mentioned in the first two proposals, but ultimately did not make the cut. (''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'', pp. 164-165) The name was considered due to the fact that page 27 of the first draft treatment of the script, dated May 15, 1967, for the second season episode {{e|Amok Time}} contained a line having [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] state,
-::;[[USS Excalibur (NCC-1664)|Excalibur]] and Endeavor are the other two ships assigned with us to [[Altair VI|Altair]]
 The reference though, was dropped from the episode as aired. [http://www.trekplace.com/article10.html]
+[[Franz Joseph]]'s [[reference book]] ''[[Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' gave the ''Endeavour'' the registry NCC-1716 and [[Greg Jein]]'s influential "[[The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship]]" article gave it the registry NCC-1718. When creating the charts for ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'', Michael Okuda chose to invent a new number for the ship. [http://flare.solareclipse.net/cgi2/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=002739;p=3] Okuda has since then propagated the number throughout his subsequent reference book writings. Early editions ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' also listed the ship as a ''Constitution''-class vessel, whereas the last edition dropped the entry for the 23rd century vessel altogether.
-The ''Endeavour'' was probably named for the {{w|HMS Endeavour|HMS ''Endeavour''}}, specifically, the HM Bark ''Endeavour'' commanded by Lieutenant {{w|James Cook}} in his voyage of exploration in the Pacific from 1768&ndash;1771, and the NASA space shuttle ''{{w|Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour}}''.
+The ''Endeavour'' was presumably named for the {{w|HMS Endeavour|HMS ''Endeavour''}}, specifically, the HM Bark ''Endeavour'' commanded by Lieutenant {{w|James Cook}} in his voyage of exploration in the Pacific from 1768&ndash;1771, and the NASA space shuttle ''{{w|Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour}}''.
-According to a ship listing included on page four of the Operation Retrieve mission plans, which however was not seen in the extended cut of the movie, the ''Endeavour'' was commanded by [[D. Wise (captain)|D. Wise]], and the ship was located in [[Sector 22849]]. The ship's captain was named after the sixth movie's first assistant director [[Douglas E. Wise]]. [http://flare.solareclipse.net/ultimatebb.php/topic/6/2739/2.html#000022]
 ===Apocrypha===
-The ''[[Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual|Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' included a {{Class|Constitution}} ''Endeavor'', with a registry of NCC-1716, in service in the mid-[[23rd century]].
 The [[Pocket TOS]] ''[[Errand of Vengeance]]'' novel ''[[Killing Blow]]'' features a USS ''Endeavor'' engaging [[Klingon]] forces at the [[Battle of Donatu V]] in [[2245]].  This ''Endeavor'' was referred to as an {{mbeta|Icarus class|''Icarus''-class}} starship in ''[[Star Trek: Errand of Fury|Errand of Fury]]'': ''[[Seeds of Rage]]''.