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The USS Enterprise NCC 1701B Photograph by S. Wass (2005)

The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) (or Enterprise-B) is a fictional Excelsior-class Starfleet starship that appears under the command of Captain John Harriman in the film Star Trek Generations. The Enterprise-B is the third starship commissioned since the Federation's founding to carry the name. Although it does not appear until Star Trek Generations, the presence of an Excelsior-class model amid the models of other starships named Enterprise aboard the Enterprise-D at least informed viewers of its class, though the on-screen version varied slightly from said models.

The first mission of the Enterprise is to take a number of reporters, Captains James T. Kirk and Montgomery Scott and Commander Pavel Chekov on a ride around the solar system. It is during this demonstration that the Enterprise receives a distress call from the transport Lakul which, along with the Robert Fox, is transporting El-Aurian refugees from their homeworld. Being the only ship within range, the Enterprise responds – despite lacking a tractor beam, photon torpedoes, and medical staff. Harriman and his crew try to free the ships by a variety of means to no avail. After one of the ships is destroyed, Harriman takes Kirk's advice and takes the Enterprise into the rift. When the Enterprise gets within transporter range, Scott is able to rescue 47 out of the 150 people aboard the Lakul before its destruction. However the Enterprise is now trapped in the rift, and her hull integrity is failing fast. Scott believes the navigational deflector can be adapted to emit a blast that can free the ship. The reconfiguration requires manual adjustments, which Kirk performs. As the Enterprise moves free of the rift, an energy discharge from the rift strikes the ship near the deflector dish, shearing through several sections in the stardrive hull, including the area in which Kirk was working. With that area exposed to space, Kirk goes missing and is presumed dead.

See also: Star Trek Generations

The Enterprise-B has only been seen in the movie Star Trek Generations. It is assumed that the ship was repaired after the Nexus incident, and began regular duty. Further details on her, such as specific missions, crew, and her decommission date are not canonically known.

According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, the Enterprise-B was involved in exploration beyond the Gourami sector, charting 142 star systems and making first contact with seventeen new civilizations prior to its decommissioning.

The Enterprise-B is involved in all of the following off-screen works:

• The novel "The Captain's Daughter" by Peter David
• The PC-based simulation Star Trek: Starship Creator
• The Lost Era: Serpents Among the Ruins by David R. George III
• The short story “Iron and Sacrifice”, from the Tales from the Captain's Table anthology, also by David George

Which provide the following highlights:

• 2301 — Demora Sulu is promoted to first officer.
• 2311 — Following the Tomed Incident with the Romulan Star Empire, Capt. Harriman steps down, and Demora Sulu is promoted to captain.
• 2315 — Capt. Sulu gives up command—for one year—to care for her terminally ill paternal grandmother, Hana Shimizu.
• 2332 — The Enterprise-C is commissioned. (Lost Era: Well of Souls)

In the “Ship’s Legacy” section of the officially licensed Enterprise-D cut-away poster by Christopher Cushman; a Captain Tomas Johnson, Jr. is listed as a commanding officer. This would suggest that he was the captain during Demora Sulu’s leave of absence, however, no additional information is given about him

This leaves even the non-canon fate of the Enterprise-B uncertain, but its destruction/decommissioning would fall within the years 2317–2331.