Flying Dutchman

"The Flying Dutchman" was a nickname that was applied to the USS Enterprise-B by some members of Starfleet, as a reference to the starships maiden-voyage in which Captain James T. Kirk was allegedly killed.

In old-Earth folklore, The Flying Dutchman was a ghost ship that could never return home, and was doomed to sail the seven seas for eternity. (TOS novel: The Captain's Daughter).