What was the name of the starship in Gene Roddenberry's original draft for the Star Trek television series?

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What was the name of the starship in Gene Roddenberry's original draft for the Star Trek television series?

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Last updated Sep 14 2016.

Brainyblonde
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Brainyblonde
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Yorktown was the original name of Star Trek's spaceship, before the ship was called Enterprise, from Gene Roddenberry's first draft of the series outline written in 1964.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series#Creation

Response last updated by CmdrK on Sep 14 2016.
Mar 28 2004, 12:33 PM

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sequoianoir
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sequoianoir
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It was originally supposed to be the U.S.S. Yorktown NCC-1717

[Mar 28 04 12:44 PM] sequoianoir writes:

It appears the Yorktown was to be both NCC-1717 and NCC-1704.
Google has a 3 to 1 preference for NCC-1717

Mar 28 2004, 12:34 PM