Archer took note of the name, which indicated the ship's class, he supposed.

In the days when he'd served on the Constitution, the first of this great ship's class, life had seemed simpler.

For the document inspection, the buyer will check the ship's class records, certificate records.

For example, the sonar operator could measure the propeller turn rate acoustically and, knowing the ship's class, compute the ship's speed (see TDC for more information).

The ship's class, built by Yarrow Shipbuilders (now BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions) in Glasgow, United Kingdom, is based on the FS 2000 light frigate design.

As public-relations gigs went, La Forge had experienced a lot worse, the groups he had escorted ranging from arrogant Federation ambassadors who thought they knew everything there was to know about warp drives to throngs of hyperactive children on field trips from the ship's classes and day-care facilities.