uraga class carrier

A fictional military spacecraft from the MACROSS science fiction anime series.

The Uraga Class Escort Battle Carrier is the next generation stealth carrier built to replace the Guantánamo Class Stealth Carriers in the Earth's military forces.

The Uraga Class, built with weaponry, armor and maneuverability comparable to a cruiser, is often used as the flagship of small U.N. Spacy and N.U.N.S. fleets.

At 550 meters long, the Uraga Class ships are much larger conventional spacecraft but still significantly smaller than the SDF-1 Macross or the later New Macross Class ships. The Uraga is built with a stealth composition superstructure and features a dual deck launching system for variable fighters; one deck running the latter dorsal two-thirds of the ship and an internal deck underneath with a launching deck in the forward third. This efficient deck design allows rapid deployment of multiple craft simultaneously and has become common on many UN Spacy carrier vessels.

These ships are rare among colonization fleets due to their high costs compared to the ARMD carriers but the U.N.G. remains committed to replacing the older ARMD carriers one by one with Uraga Class ships. As more Uraga Class Escort Battle Carriers are built, they are poised to become the mainstay combat and carrier ship for the U.N. Spacy. Many Uraga Class vessels are part of the Earth's defense fleet and are found serving as command ships for large groups of Guantanamo Class Stealth Carriers and Northampton Class Stealth Frigates. Several Uraga Class Escort Battle Carriers are also in active service as defensive stations docked to unarmed core ships.

In real life this ship was designed by artist Miyatake Kazutaka in the 90s.