Vosgulov class submarine
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| Type | carrier submarine |
| Length | 350 meters |
| Armament |
anti-air missile launcher x12 |
| Mobile weapons |
general purpose/aerial mobile suits x6 |
| Linear catapults | 3 |
| Underwater catapults | 4 |
| Ships of the class | Vosgulov, Cousteau, Nyiragongo, Degtyarev, Varnass, St. Augustine, Bjelica, Ilyas, St. Helens |
This article is about a fictional ship class from the Cosmic Era timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries.
The Vosgulov-class submarine is a ZAFT naval mobile suit carrier submarine, which gave the ZAFT forces based on Earth the complete control of the seas. Though it is armed with anti-air missiles and torpedoes, its main weapons are the mobile suits it carries. Typically, its 3 vertical linear catapults are used to launch AMF-101 DINN aerial combat mobile suits, and the four underwater catapults (which function like oversize torpedo tubes) can each launch two UMF-4A GOOhN or UMF-5 ZnO amphibious mobile suits.
During the Earth Alliance ship Archangel's journey to JOSH-A, the Earth Alliance HQ, one such submarine, under the command of Marco Morassim, attacked the EA ship several times before being destroyed. Another Vosgulov-class, the Cousteau, was assigned to the Zala team as its base of operation during its pursuit of the Archangel. During ZAFT's Operation Spit Break, many Vosgulov-class submarines were deployed from ZAFT's Carpentaria base to Alsaka for the assault on JOSH-A. In CE 73, the Vosgulov-class Nyiragongo was assigned to escort the Minerva in its attack on Suez. Early in CE 74, during Operation: Fury the ZAFT invasion of Orb, ZGMF-2000 GOUF Ignited mobile suits were seen being launched from the vertical linear catapults of the flagship St. Helens, replacing the AMF-101 DINN in those catapults.
[edit] Trivia
- The Cousteau is named for the renowned oceanographer Jacques Cousteau.
- The Nyiragongo is named for Mount Nyiragongo, an active volcano in the Congo.
- The Degtyarev is named for Russian firearms inventor Vasily Degtyarev.
- The Ilyas is named for Ilyas, a prophet in the Qur'an who was sent to the Israelites.
- The St. Helens is named for Mount St. Helens, an active volcano in Washington State, US.
| Cosmic Era ship classes | |
|---|---|
| OMNI Enforcer | Agamemnon | Archangel | Arkansas | Des Moines | Drake | Fraser | Girty Lue | Hannibal | Nelson | Tarawa |
| ZAFT | Compton | Eternal | Gondwana | Lesseps | Laurasia | Minerva | Nazca | Petrie | Vosgulov |
| ORB Union | Aegis | Izumo | Kuraokami | Takemikazuchi |
| Miscellaneous | Acidalium | Cornelius | Marseille III | Silverwind | Tsiolkovsky |
