Norway class The " Norway " - class was a type of Federation starship in service with Starfleet during the 2370s . Armament included a phaser emitter mounted on the dorsal . In 2373 , at least four " Norway " - class vessels saw action at the Battle of Sector 001 . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The following information of specifications and defenses comes exclusively from the reference book " " : Studio model . The " Norway " - class starship was one of the four CGI model s designed by Alex Jaeger , once referred to by him as being " " Voyager " – esque " , for the Battle of Sector 001 in . ( " American Cinematographer " , December 1996 , p . 70 ) One single image of a CGI rendering of the model has been featured in the reference book " " , the only one published to date . During the pre - production phase of the film , the producers approved alternative backups for ship names and registries . The ship scale sheet showing the back - up names and registries can be found on . The CGI model of the " Norway " - class was constructed at Industrial Light & Magic ( ILM ) by Larry Tan and Paul Theren , executed in the software for animation , and software for the model itself . One year later , ILM was requested by Paramount Pictures to hand over their CGI models made for " First Contact " – the " Norway " amongst them – to Digital Muse for reprogramming in the software , in preparation for use in the upcoming season six episode , but the " Norway " design was never again featured . One of the apparent factors for the model of the " Norway " not appearing in later productions following " First Contact " , was according to DS9 Visual Effects Supervisor David Stipes at the conclusion of " Deep Space Nine " s sixth season , that " the " Norway " needs to be resurfaced and modified , " further stating that it " may be done on later episodes . " This was apparently never completed , and , as rumor had it , the CGI files for the " Norway " were either lost or corrupted , the latter the more likely as it was something Stipes himself hinted at in an earlier blog entry , " " I believe we removed the " Norway " - class for technical reasons " " . Stipes made that comment on the occasion of the " Deep Space Nine " season five finale episode , where Jaeger ' s other designs made their first reappearance in a live - action production . Unlike his three other ship designs , this made " First Contact " the only CGI appearance of the " Norway " design in the live - action franchise . Though the class has never appeared on screen again as a model since " First Contact " , it did re - appear as display image graphics , they featuring in " Deep Space Nine " s and s . The latter display prop , which clearly reads " " Norway " - class " , was later sold as in the August 2007 " It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction " for US $ 2 , 025 . 00 . The " Deep Space Nine " transparency was lifted from Doug Drexler ' s art he made for representation of the class in the " Deep Space Nine Technical Manual " ( p . 154 ) . Representations of the " Norway " - class were for the aforementioned reasons conspicuously absent from any later official franchise publications and / or productions until 2015 ; for the British partwork publication " " , a new CGI model had to be constructed from the ground up for representation in that publication – adhering to the specifications as given in the " Deep Space Nine Technical Manual " – , a chore that was handled by Digital Modeler Fabio Passaro . In the Magazine , The upper side of the Ship shows the 6 Mentioned Phasercannons , but looking at the underside , there are 3 Additional Phaser - Cannons on the underside , one being lighted with the bit NCC 64923 at the front , and two at the back - edges near the Position - Lights . As well as a possible fourth one right between the Hangar - Doors . Giving the Norway - Class at least 9 instead of 6 Phaser - Cannons , when comparing the naming of the Armament in the Overview - page with the underside of the Ship . Apocrypha . In the video game " " , it was stated that a " Norway " - class starship had a crew complement of 337 personnel , including three passengers and fourteen dependents . The " Norway " - class is also a playable ship in " " .