The USS Hood (NCC-1703) was a Federation Constitution-class heavy cruiser that was in service with Starfleet in the mid-23rd century.
In 2267, the Hood underwent a layover at Starbase 11. The ship's registry was seen on a chart indicating the repair status of several vessels. (TOS: "Court Martial")
A year later, the Hood participated in the unsuccessful M-5 battle simulation. The unshielded Hood was severely damaged when she was fired upon by the computer-controlled USS Enterprise using full-powered weapons. (TOS: "The Ultimate Computer")
| Constitution-class starships |
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| USS Constellation • USS Defiant • USS Enterprise • USS Excalibur • USS Exeter • USS Hood • USS Intrepid • USS Lexington • USS New Jersey • USS Potemkin • NCC-1700 • Unnamed |
| Mirror universe: USS Defiant • ISS Enterprise |
| Alternate reality: USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-A • Unnamed |
| Alternate timeline: UEF Enterprise |
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Background information
The registry NCC-1703, displayed on Commodore Stone's chart
The registry of the Hood was not confirmed until it was seen on the CGI model in the 2008 remastering of "The Ultimate Computer". Prior to that it had been seen without context on a list of starships in "Court Martial". The registry was first connected with the starship in the article The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship by Greg Jein and continued by the Star Trek Encyclopedia edited by future TOS remastered producer Michael Okuda.
According to the non-canonical Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual, the registry NCC-1703 was assigned to the USS Lexington.
In the non-canon novelization of DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations", the Hood was mentioned to be commanded by a Captain Dodge and to have transferred some officers to the Enterprise for additional training. Spock theorized that Lieutenant "Brisko" may have transferred from the Hood.
According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia the USS Hood, like its Excelsior-class successor, was named for British Admiral Sir Horace Hood, who fought and died in the Battle of Jutland during World War I, though that reference was dropped in the last edition of the Encyclopedia. The Star Trek Fact Files, part 86 states that the Hood was named for 18th century British Admiral Samuel Hood (incidentally a direct ancestor of Horace Hood) after whom the ill-fated World War II British battle cruiser HMS Hood was also named.
The Hood was a late addition to the final draft of the ship's name list the producers of The Original Series arrived at, prompted on by a remark Robert Justman made on an earlier memo, "I think there would be several other candidates, such as Saratoga and perhaps another English carrier, a French carrier, a Russian carrier and certainly a Japanese carrier." (The Making of Star Trek,p.165) Though there were plenty of historical British carriers to choose from, the eventual name selected was that of a battle cruiser, as stated above.
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