Version A is also up - Wiki Quote - Built between 2243 and 2245, the USS Enterprise was commissioned in the year 2245,the USS Enterprise is the first United Federation of Planets starship to bear the name "Enterprise". During the show's run, the ship's dedication plaque lists it as "Starship Class"; Star Trek Expanded Universe literature often refers to the ship as Constitution class, and its Constitution-class status was confirmed in dialog in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "The Naked Now" and "Relics".
Star Trek: The Animated Series and novels by Diane Carey state that Robert April was the Enterprise's first commanding officer. Captain Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter) commanded the Enterprise for a decade, and Pike is the commanding officer in the original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage". Throughout the Star Trek television series, Captain Kirk commands the ship on a five-year mission of exploration. The ship appears in every Star Trek episode.
The USS Enterprise undergoes a major refit overseen by its new commanding officer, Willard Decker (Stephen Collins), prior to the events in The Motion Picture; Decker describes the refit vessel to Admiral Kirk, who assumes command of the ship to confront the V'Ger probe, as "an almost entirely new Enterprise". Star Trek novels depict another exploratory mission under Kirk's command between the events of the first and second films.
Spock (Leonard Nimoy) takes command of the Enterprise, serving as a training ship, at the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; Kirk then assumes command when the ship is called to actual duty to investigate problems with Project Genesis. The USS Reliant, hijacked by Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán), inflicts substantial damage to the Enterprise; Spock sacrifices his life in order to save the ship. Shortly after returning to spacedock at the beginning of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, the Enterprise is marked for decommissioning. Kirk leads his officers in hijacking the ship in an attempt to restore Spock's life, and Kirk is forced to destroy the Enterprise to prevent its capture by Klingons.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home opens with Kirk and his officers agreeing to return to Earth to face judgment for their actions in the previous film. En route, they travel back in time to stop a probe threatening to destroy Earth. Upon the success of their mission and return to the 23rd century, the charges against the crew are dismissed. Kirk is "punished" with a demotion to captain and given command of the Enterprise's successor, the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A.