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Himalaya-class (MSG)
Unit Type Heavy Aircraft Carrier
Appearances
Anime	MSG
Profile
Manufacturer	Earth Federation
Operator	Earth Federation
General Characteristics
Overall Height	39.8 meters130.577 ft 1,566.929 in
Overall Length	274.0 meters
Overall Width	53.4 meters5,340 cm 175.197 ft 2,102.362 in
Max Weight	45500 metric tons
Armor	Titanium alloy
Frame Material	Titanium alloy
Movement
Max Speed	60 km/h37.282 mph
Propeller	4 x Screw (4 blades per)
Armaments 2-barrel 350mm main cannon 2 x 100mm cannons 8 x 4-barrel 30mm anti-aircraft machine guns 10 x torpedo launchers 24 x anti-aircraft missile launchers 2 x 12-tube anti-ship missile launchers
Mobile Weapons 30 x Aircraft 4 x Mobile Suits

Himalaya-class is type of marine aircraft carrier in Mobile Suit Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

Following the creation of the Earth Federation in the days before the Universal Century calendar was established, the newly-unified countries of the world set out to standardize their armed forces. Though American designs were predominantly accepted in those times, the Federation's standard aircraft carrier actually turned out to be the former Soviet Union's Kiev class, for more beaurocratic reasons than anything else.As the Federation began their 40's Rearmament Program, the aging Kiev class aircraft carrier were taken out of service to undergo a heavy refit.The refitted ships came to be known as the Himalaya-class.The Himalaya still posesses many of the Kiev`s features. Its single flight deck is still off-centered, and the Kiev's relatively redundant ballistic weapon systems are maintained even in the face of newer, sophisticated missile weapons.At the opening of the war, Zeon invaders were repulsed from the attack against EF Fleet Command in Hawaii due chiefly to the efforts of Himalaya-class carriers and their wings of FF-6 TIN Cod and Don Escargot fighter-bombers. Though they are vulnerable to attack by Zeon's new marine mobile suits, the Himalaya remains a strong force on the aquatic battlefield.

Armaments

• 2-barrel 350mm main cannon

• 100mm cannon

• 4-barrel 30mm anti-aircraft machine gun

• Torpedo launchers

• Anti-aircraft missle launchers

• 12-tube anti-ship missle launchers

History

The Himalaya-class was the class of aircraft carriers used by the Earth Federation in the original Mobile Suit Gundam. These aircraft carriers were based of of the Pre-Universal Century Kiev class aircraft carrier. The Himalaya-Class served as the mainstay of the Earth Federation's surface fleets and were called 'The Whale of the EF' by Zeon soldiers. These ships could hold up to 125 aircraft, including Don Escargot ASW aircraft. During the One Year War, the extensive battles for Earth's seas saw the construction of more than 35 of these large carriers, for operations around important coastal Federation installations such as Hawaii and Belfast.

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