Star Trek: 10 Secrets Of The Original Enterprise You Need To Know
1. Almost A Quarter Of The Crew Died Under Kirk's Command
During Kirk’s five year mission a total of 94 crew members were killed. That averages out to about 19 people per year. According to most resources, the ship's standard complement was 430 crew-members.
That means that the ship lost 4.4 percent of her crew each year! That’s if the deaths were happening at a somewhat constant rate. But, maybe 20 or so died all at once. Like, they all got eaten by salt vampires or something. Still, over the entire five years, 22 percent of the crew died!
And Kirk got a promotion! Cool.