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| Birmingham class battleship |
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| Fast Facts |
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| Ship Type | Battleship |
| Class: | Birmingham |
| Launched: | before Universal Century 0083 |
| Class Fate: | Sunk in nuclear attack |
| General Characteristics |
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| Displacement: | 88,500 tons |
| Length: | 398 meters |
| Beam: | 171 meters |
| Draft: | 129 meters |
| Armament: | 5x 2-barrel main gun
2x 1-barrel main gun
12x AA laser turret
4x missile launcher |
| Mobile Suit Complement: | N/A, not equipped with MS hangars |
| Ships of the Line | ''Birmingham'' |
In the
Fiction al
Gundam universe, at the end of the
One Year War , the
Earth Federation began a rebuilding program aimed at putting people to work to get the Federation's armed services back into shape. One of the new vessels to emerge during this time of rebuilding was the Federation's .
The ''Birmingham'' was designed to be the
Flagship of the
Earth Federal Space Force , so it was sailed around a lot to display the power of the
Federation in the postwar years. The ''Bimingham'' had five two-barrel main beam turrets, missile launchers, and several anti-aircraft weapons; however, Federation engineers did not include
Mobile Suit hangars.
In U.C.0083 the ''Birmingham'' was sailed to the Federation's naval review under the command of
Admiral Green Wyatt, the highest ranking officer of the Space Force in attendance. He and several other high ranking Federation officials arranged the review in order to visually inspect the navy and show off the power of the Earth Federal Space Force. In the middle of the review the
Delaz Fleet mounted a surprise nuclear attack against the Federation's fleet using the nuclear-equipped
RX-78GP02A Gundam Physalis , which had been stolen earlier by
Anavel Gato . The blast was centered on the ''Birmingham'', and destroyed the ''Birmingham'' and 2/3rds of the participating space vessels in the Federation fleet. After
Operation Stardust ended the Federation ceased building
Battleships that could not carry Mobile Suits and created the counter-insurgency group known as the
Titans .
Interestingly enough, Bask Om's command ship, the ''
Dogosse Giar '' (from
Zeta Gundam ), had a passing resemblance to the ''Birmingham'', and unfortunately shared the ''Birmingham'''s fate when a competing Titans officer sunk the ship.
