Starfleet Starship Classes by type

Facts

• Dates reflect active service

Combatants

Cruiser

• Multipurpose vessel
• Light Cruiser
  • Marshall: 2161 -
  • Intrepid (22c): 2161 -
  • Sevaijen: - 2163 - 2165 -
  • Walker: - 2249 - 2256 -
  • Wambundu: - 2364 - 2370 -
  • Cheyenne: - 2369 - 2375 -
  • Sabre: 2370 - Present
  • Intrepid: 2371 - Present
• Medium Cruiser
  • Daedalus: 2161 - 2196 (ceased production 2160)
  • Ceres: 2163 - 2165 -
  • Baton Rouge: 2225 - 2300 (ceased production 2260)
  • Constellation: 2275 - 2375 (ceased production 2340)
  • Renaissance: 2331 - 2380 (ceased production 2337)
  • Shelley: 2345 - 2375 (ceased production 2348)
  • Korolev: - 2363 - 2369 -
  • Centaur: 2369 - 2381 -
  • Norway: 2371 - Present
• Heavy Cruiser
  • Kumari: 2161 - 2165 -
  • Columbia: 2161 - 2166 -
  • Ranger: 2215 - 2300 (ceased production 2240)
  • Pyotr Velikiy: 2241 - 2312 (ceased production 2248)
  • Constitution: 2242 - 2337 (ceased production 2268)
  • Federation: 2269 - 2290 (ceased production 2272)
  • Excelsior: 2285 - Present
  • Ambassador: 2322 - 2379 (ceased production 2370)
  • Niagara: 2349 - Present
  • Akira: 2368 - Present
  • Sovereign: 2370 - Present
  • Prometheus: 2374 - Present

Courier

• Smaller, high-speed vessels meant for supply runs, quick transport, diplomatic ferrying, etc.
  • Ilthirin: 2161 - 2165 -
  • Peregrine: - 2371 -

Escort

• Also known as destroyer
• Small combat-focused vessel used to protect larger, less-armed ships
  • Minuteman: 2161 -
  • Poseidon: 2161 -
  • Saladin: 2242 - 2267 -
  • Merced: 2309 - 2375 (ceased production 2312)
  • Defiant: 2371 - Present

Explorer

• Vessel devoted to long-term exploration missions far from Federation core territory, without access to starbase support
  • Nebula: 2357 - Present
  • Galaxy: 2357 - Present
  • Merian: 2376 - Present
  • Luna: 2378 - Present
  • Vesta: 2380 - Present

Frigate

• Maneuverable, medium-sized vessel intended to protect larger vessels
  • Ganges: 2161 -
  • Icarus: - 2242 -
  • Miranda: - 2242 - 2379 -
  • Locknar: - 2267 -
  • New Orleans: 2332 - 2375
  • Springfield: 2356 - Present (ceased production 2375)
  • Challenger: 2360 - Present
  • Chimera: 2366 - Present
  • Steamrunner: 2369 - Present

Strike Fighter

• Very small, quick, heavily-armed vessel meant for use in large groups, often held in larger carriers

Noncombatants

Hospital ship

• Medical support vessel; combat support, planetary medical disaster, etc.
  • Olympic: 2361 - Present
  • Galen: 2381 - Present

Repair ship

• Industrial vessel devoted to on-site maintenance, offering facilities normally available only at starbases
  • Mulciber: 2380 - Present

Runabout

• Warp-capable utility vessel intended as auxiliary craft with more adaptability, functionality than shuttlecraft
  • Danube: 2368 - Present
  • Yellowstone: In development

Survey

• Also known as science vessels, scouts
• Vessels meant for short-term analysis and observation, often intelligence-gathering or scientific study
  • Discovery: 2161 -
  • Ganges: 2165 -
  • Hermes: 2242 - 2270 -
  • Oberth: 2250 - 2375 (ceased production 2360)
  • Titania: - 2262 - 2270 -
  • Centaurus: - 2262 - 2268 -
  • Archer: - 2265 - 2269 -
  • Hokule'a: - 2338 - 2374 -
  • Paladin: 2345 - Present
  • Rigel: 2357 - Present
  • Freedom: 2365 - 2380 (ceased production 2367)
  • Nova: 2368 - Present
  • Talon: 2373 - Present

Transport

• Personnel and cargo carriers
  • Whorfin: 2222 - 2285 (ceased production 2242)
  • Ptolemy: - 2265 - 2293 -
  • Antares: - 2266 - 2270 -
  • Sydney: - 2293 - Present
  • Surak: 2321 - Present (ceased production 2326)
  • Mediterranean: - 2350 - 2375 -
  • Istanbul: - 2365 - 2376 -
  • Bradbury: 2366 - Present
  • Theophrastus: 2377 - Present