Archangel Class Assault Ship

Archangel Class Assault Ship

Archangel-class assault ship
LCAM-01XA Archangel
LCAM-02XD Dominion
Fast facts
Ship type Assault ship and submarine
Class: ArchangelM
Launched: Archangel – 25 January, CE 71

Dominion – June CE 71
Manufacturer: Earth Alliance/Orb Union
Operator: Earth Alliance (Atlantic Federation), Three Ships Alliance/Terminal, Orb Union
Ships of class: LCAM-01XA Archangel, LCAM-02XD Dominion
General characteristics
Length: 420 meters (Archangel)
345 meters (Dominion)
Propulsion: unknown
Armor: Laminated armor, unknown thickness
Armament:
  • "Gottfried" Mk.71 225 cm dual high-energy beam cannon x 2
  • "Valiant" Mk.8 110 cm linear cannon
    x 2
  • "Lohengrin" positron blaster cannon x 2
  • "Igelstellung" 75 mm automatic multi-barrel CIWS x 16
  • "Sledgehammer" anti-ship / "Korinthos" M114 surface-to-air / "Wombat" atmospheric missile launcher x 24
  • "Helldart" surface-to-air missile launcher x 16
  • Anti-beam depth charge and flare multi-purpose launchers
Mobile weapon complement:

Archangel, early CE 71
GAT-X105 Strike
TS-MA2mod.00 Moebius Zero
FX-550 Skygrasper x 2

Archangel, mid to late CE 71
GAT-X105 Strike
GAT-X103 Buster
ZGMF-X10A Freedom
ZGMF-X09A Justice
TS-MA2mod.00 Moebius Zero
FX-550 Skygrasper

Dominion, CE 71
GAT-X131 Calamity
GAT-X252 Forbidden
GAT-X370 Raider
GAT-01 Strike Dagger x unknown

Archangel, CE 73
ZGMF-X10A Freedom
MBF-02 Strike Rouge
MVF-M11C Murasame x 1

Archangel, CE 74
FX-550 Skygrasper
ZGMF-X19A Infinite Justice
ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom
ORB-01 Akatsuki
MVF-M11C Murasame x unknown
Linear catapults: Two

The Archangel-class assault ship is a fictional ship class from the Cosmic Era (CE) timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. They are functionally equivalent to the current day aircraft carriers; their primary mission being to launch and recover mobile suits and mobile armors. However, based in part on the Orb Union's Izumo-class battleship design, she is also a very heavily armed battleship (more heavily armed than either the Nelson-class battleship or Agamemnon-class carrier). The design is based on the White Base of the Universal Century Mobile Suit Gundam mothership of the protagonists. It was originally intended to be different, but the mechanical design of this ship received order before completion to specifically design this ship to match the designs of the first protagonist ship of the metaseries.

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