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From: jsk@druor.UUCP (KennedyJS)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Captain Dunsel
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Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 13:11:55 EDT
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Posted: Tue Apr 30 13:11:55 1985
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"Dunsel", if I'm quoting Spock correctly, "is a term used by mid shipmen
at the academy, for a part which serves no useful purpose". Kirk was
refered to as "Captain Dunsel", when the M5 was taking care of all
operations abord the Enterprise and Kirk had nothing to do.

The M5 later destroyed the Excalibur NCC 1705, on its second attack,
one of 4 Heavy Cruiser Class Starships taking part in the M5 drills.
The other three starships were the Lexington, NCC 1703, the Hood,
NCC 1707 and the Potempkin, NCC 1711.

By the by, during WWII ships such as the USS Lexington and USS Yorktown
were known as the Lexington Class because that was the First Ship made
from that set of plans. All sister ships are then of that same class.

Does this mean that the Heavy Cruiser Class may be the Constitution
Class since its number is NCC (Naval Construction Contract) 1700?
The Star Fleet Tech manual refers to them as the MK IX class as 
origionally authorized by the Articles of Federation.