Federation starship registries

A list of Federation starship registries: Federation, starship, registry

List by registry

 * Only NX and NCC registries are included.

Background information
It has never been canonically established what the letters "NCC" or "NX" stand for, but in the 23rd and 24th centuries, "NX" (not to be confused with ) seemed to be used to designate experimental or prototype starships while "NCC" designated normal production vessels.

The use of "NCC" as a prefix for Starfleet registry numbers, Matt Jefferies said that the registries for American civil aircraft are preceded by "NC," and Soviet craft used a prefix of "CCCC," and as such, he more-or-less combined the two. His philosophy was, "If we do anything in space, we (Americans and Russians) have to do it together."

Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 231 from Richmond, Virginia claims that the registry for the original USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) was inspired by the 1935 WACO Model YOC aircraft owned by Matt Jefferies – his airplane had the registry NC-17740. Jefferies, however, dismissed this notion in various interviews, as he didn't even purchase the airplane until 1968, while acknowledging that he never really put much of an effort into squashing that particular rumor. 

Apocrypha
The novel Best Destiny, by Diane Carey, also gives the meaning of NCC as "Naval Construction Contract".