Starfleet Starship Classes by type
Ship types
Combatants
- Cruiser
- Multipurpose vessel
- Light Cruiser
- Medium Cruiser
- Intrepid (22c): 2161 -
- Daedalus: 2161 - 2196 (ceased production 2160)
- Baton Rouge: 2225 - 2300 (ceased production 2260)
- Miranda: - 2242 - 2379 -
- Constellation: 2275 - 2375 (ceased production 2340)
- Centaur: 2369 - 2381 -
- Norway: 2371 - Present
- Heavy Cruiser
- Columbia: 2161 - 2166 -
- Constitution: 2242 - 2293 -
- Federation: 2269 - 2290 (ceased production 2272)
- Ambassador: 2322 - 2379 (ceased production 2370)
- Akira: 2368 - Present
- Sovereign: 2370 - Present
- Courier
- Escort (a.k.a. destroyer)
- Explorer
- Frigate
- Maneuverable, medium-sized vessel intended to protect larger vessels
- New Orleans: 2332 - 2375
- Challenger: 2360 - Present
- Chimera: 2366 - Present
- Steamrunner: 2369 - Present
- Maneuverable, medium-sized vessel intended to protect larger vessels
- Strike Fighter
- Very small, quick, heavily-armed vessel meant for use in large groups, often held in larger carriers
Noncombatants
- Hospital ship
- Runabout
- Large auxiliary vessel used as support for starbases or other fixed locations
- Danube: 2368 - Present
- Yellowstone: In development
- Large auxiliary vessel used as support for starbases or other fixed locations
- Survey (a.k.a. science vessel, scout)
- Vessels meant for short-term analysis and observation, often intelligence-gathering or scientific study
- Transport
- Personnel and cargo carriers
- Mediterranean: - 2350 - 2375 -
- Bradbury: 2366 - Present
- Personnel and cargo carriers