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From: hull@saturn.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Ship numbering
Message-ID: <2233@saturn.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Jul-84 17:37:34 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 20 17:37:34 1984
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>>Enterprise: NCC-1701
>>Excelsior:  NX-2000
>>
>>NCC stands for Naval Construction Contract (according to Franz Joseph
>>Designs, anyway).  What, if anything, does NX stand for?

My best guess would be Naval Experimental.

Jim Hull
HP Labs