# Hardcore Star Trek People - What is the story behind the NCC-1701-A

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**Created:** [May 29, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-star-trek-people-what-is-the-story-behind-the-ncc-1701-a/178316 "2003-05-29T17:33:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-star-trek-people-what-is-the-story-behind-the-ncc-1701-a/178316/41 "2003-06-04T07:37:11Z")

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When I was trying to look up the information on the navy website, I tried to get some specifics about the engines but it was somewhat vague. [This site](http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ships/ship-cv.html) is where I pulled it from and all that it notes is that the Enterprise’s power comes from eight :eek: nuclear reactors (Nimitz class ships have 2). The distiction that I should have made is that the Constellation and the Kennedy (and the Kitty Hawk) use boilers. But I thought they burned diesel feul, not oil.  
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