Warship
In starship classification, a warship, war vessel, combat ship, or combat vessel was a general term for any armed starship designed for the purposes of combat or warfare. These vessels included battleships, battle cruisers, various sized cruisers, escorts, destroyers, and frigates.

History 

Captain Jonathan Archer once said that he didn't want to be in command of a warship in response to Captain Jefferies' desire to install powerful weapons on . () Similarly, when Lieutenant Malcolm Reed proposed his tactical alert protocol, Archer responded that the Enterprise was not a warship. Reed said that this was obvious, noting several instances where the ship had proven unprepared for the reality of a hostile alien force. ()

In 2155 in the mirror universe, when the Gorn known as Slar requested a shuttlecraft in exchange for the plasma regulators he had sabotaged from the ,  suggested that  accept, saying that the offer was reasonable. Archer, however, felt that Slar had no intention of returning the regulators and, if given a shuttlecraft, would simply contact his people and return with a warship. ()

In November of 2256, when Lieutenant Paul Stamets, of the , argued to Captain  that good science took time, Lorca told him that the Discovery was no longer a science vessel, but rather a warship. ()

Given its philosophy of peaceful exploration of space, Starfleet typically avoided using the warship classification; never the less, Starfleet was responsible for defense of Federation citizens and territory as well as execution of defense policy if necessary. Starfleet instead applied terms such as "escort" and "tactical cruiser" for vessels dedicated to combative efforts such as the  and , respectively. Despite this custom, Chief Petty Officer Dorian Collins referred to the  as a "state of the art warship." ()

Kasidy Yates once asked Chief Petty Officer Miles O'Brien if her presence on board the  bothered him, noting "I'm a civilian. Isn't it awkward having me aboard a warship?" ()

The Klingons and Jem'Hadar almost exclusively employed warships, which was a reflection of their warrior culture. However, the Negh'Var warship, , Jem'Hadar fighter, and Jem'Hadar battle cruiser were specifically referred to as warships by Starfleet. (; ; )

The Douwd who assumed the form of Kevin Uxbridge created a warship in order to drive the  away from Rana IV. ()

In an alternate timeline in 2366 created by the temporal incursion of the , the Enterprise-D was the first  warship created by the Federation, with forty-two decks and capable of transporting over six thousand troops. ()

The Enterprise-D engaged an unidentified smuggler's combat vessel at the Qualor II depot in 2368. ()

Two classes of warships, or war vessels, were utilized by the Cardassian Union during the 24th century: the  cruiser and the  cruiser. (; , , ; )   

After pirating the main computer processor of the ,  commented to Captain Kathryn Janeway that "I could sell it to you, but I could hardly let it go for anything less than a warship." ()

The  was part of The Voyager Encounter holographic simulation in the Kyrian Museum of Heritage. ()

Warships by species
 Andorian warship
 Annari warships
  (type 1)
  (type 2)
 Banean warship
 Breen warship
 Cardassian warships
 
 
 Delta Rana warship
 Devore warship
 Federation warships
 
  (Ferengi designation)
 
  (alternate timeline)
 Ferengi warship
 Gorn warships
 Gorn warship
 Gorn hunter
 Gorn destroyer
 Husnock warship
 Ilari warship
 Jem'Hadar warships
 Jem'Hadar fighter
 Jem'Hadar battle cruiser
 Kaelon warship
 Kazon warship
 Kazon raider
 
 Klingon warships
 
 
 
 Klingon Bird-of-Prey
 
 Negh'Var warship
 Vorok's battle cruiser
 Kraylor warship
 Krenim warship
 Lokirrim warship
 Lysian warship
 Nihydron warship
 Romulan warships
 
 
 Talarian warship
 Tzenkethi warship
 Vidiian warship
 Xindi-Reptilian warship
 Zalkonian warship

Appendices

Background information 
Ronald D. Moore commented "This also is a legacy of Gene's. He felt very strongly that the Federation would not build warships per se, but rather a fleet of scientific exploration vessels with weapons designed for defense rather than offense. It was quite a fight just to get the Defiant designated as a pure warship around here, much less trying to go for an entire fleet of ships like it."

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