[Jmsknn]

They were actually asking people where the nuclear wessels were. Alameda just seemed to get worked in. There’s a couple clips on YouTube of that scene.

[BillyBoy]

>> They were actually asking people where the nuclear wessels were. Alameda just seemed to get worked in. <<

Good point. Chekov was actually asking the locals where the nuclear "wessels" are located, not where Alameda is (though as I noted, its entirely believable that the region wouldn't be called Alameda centuries later and that 23rd century people would unfamiliar with the term).

I think it would actually seem unlikely if the script did the reverse and depicted Chekov and Uhura knowing exactly where to go because nuclear powered submarines are sitting in the same spot 300 years later.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Though remember Uhura asked, "Where is Alameda ?" Now if she had said, "Where IN Alameda ?" that would've made more sense. Anyway, I think the scene was a misfire and made them look stupid. They would've known where Alameda was and the nuclear "wessels" before they left the Klingon vessel.