[5thGenTexan]

Wow. I do feel, as many sailors do, a sentimentality towards ships, and even though I never served on her, the Enterprise means something more, and not some schmaltzy Star Trek sentimentality.

Actually, in Star Trek, this version was held in high esteem as one of of many ships carrying the name with pride. There were scenes in several episodes where the models of all the prior Enterprise ship models (some real, some imaginary) can be seen in Captain's board room.

It was a tribute to her by Roddenberry, who was a WWII Army Air Corps pilot with 89 combat missions.

[rlmorel]

Actually, I enjoyed Star Trek, even the “schmaltziness” part.

I will say, I do think they had the Kirk character himself capture that sentiment on a fairly routine basis...

I was probably being unfair there...:)