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Tarawa Class Carrier | colspan=2| | | Type | assault landing ship | | Length | 200 meters | | Armament | dual anti-air beam cannon x 1
CIWS x 1
9-tube vertical missile launcher x 3 | | Mobile weapons | GAT-01 Strike Dagger or GAT-04 Windam x6 | | Aircraft | F-7D Spearhead | | Ships of the class | Tarawa, Powell, John Paul Jones | | Designer | Kimitoshi Yamane | In the fictional universe of Gundam Seed, the Tarawa-class mobile assault ship is the largest navel vessel used by the Earth Alliance. The Tarawa-class is designed for amphibious invasion, but also serves as a highly effective aircraft carrier, using the Earth Alliance's F-7D Spearhead VTOL fighters. In CE 71, the Tarawa-class was converted support mobile suits, with two large gates on each side for the six mobile suits to exit. Several Tarawa-class assault ships participated in the invasion of Orb in CE 71, supervised by Blue Cosmos leader Muruta Azrael aboard the flagship Powell. The Powell replaced 3 of the standard GAT-01 Strike Daggers with Azrael's prototype GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam, GAT-X252 Forbidden Gundam, and GAT-X370 Raider Gundam. In CE 73, 81st Independent Mobile Battallion commander Neo Lorrnoke took command of the John Paul Jones, which carried his customized GAT-04 Windam and the captured ZGMF-X24S Chaos Gundam, ZGMF-X31S Abyss Gundam, and ZGMF-X88S Gaia Gundam. The John Paul Jones is used to ambush the ZAFT battleship Minerva in the Indian Ocean, and later attacks it again near the Dardanelles as part of a joint task force with the Orb Union aircraft carrier Takemikazuchi and several Orb and Earth Alliance cruisers. The Tarawa-class is named for the Battle of Tarawa in World War II. The Powell is possibly named for General and Secretary of State Colin Powell, and the John Paul Jones is named for the naval hero of the American Revolutionary War.
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