[tanknetter]

Can’t remember which Star Trek movie this ship was in, but I vaguely remember a wonderful moment when Chekhov was at or in the ship, reporting to Kirk that he was at “the Enterprise”.

That would be "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" when they went back in time to save the whales. Made more poignant, I'd mention, by the fact that the original Starship Enterprise (N-C-C-1-7-0-1. No bloody A - B - C - or D!) had been blown up and then burnt up via atmospheric reentry in Star Trek III.

Unfortunately, when the movie was shot Enterprise was on a WestPac deployment. And carrier row at Alameda didn't have the best visuals for shooting the scene you mention. So they shot the scene on North Island (San Diego) and the carrier in the background playing Enterprise was really USS Ranger (CV-61)

[married21]

Thank you for all that background.

[Haiku Guy]

I remember, back in the early 80’s, the Enterprise was returning to Alameda, and it ran aground in the mud. The San Francisco Chronicle had a picture on the front page where every available crewman was standing on the port bow corner of the flight deck to rock the boat out of the mud.

It was a great picture that I have never seen again.

Needless to say, the ship’s engines were more than up to the task of freeing her. I am sure somebody’s file got a career-ending note inserted.

[TalonDJ]

I also think that at the time the Enterprise did not yet have a Nimitz class style superstructure. That made it a give-away that it was not actually the Big E.

[Idaho_Independent]

Actually it was the USS Ranger (CV-61), USS Saratoga (CV-60) and the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) that can be seen sitting at the pier. All three were in port when it was filmed.