List of minor Mobile Suit Gundam SEED warships

This article compiles minor fictional warship and spacecraft from the Cosmic Era timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries.

Arkansas/Des Moines/Danilov cruisers
The Arkansas and Des Moines -class cruiser are Earth Alliance naval warships. They are both manufactured and operated by Earth Alliance. The Arkansas-class and  the Des Moines-class, which only differs slightly in armament, are also known as the Danilov-class.

They share similar hull design, but differ slightly in armament. The hull designs are largely conventional, though with very large sponsons overhanging the sides of the hull. Designated as cruisers, their primary role is to escort Tarawa-class mobile assault ships. They are designed by Kimitoshi Yamane in real-world.

Arkansas-class cruiser Specification
Ships of the class : Arkansas Length:  190 meters Armament:  rapid-fire cannon x1, CIWS x2, 9-tube VLS x7, anti-ship missile launcher x10 Complementary units:  helicopter x2 Non-fictional Designer:  Kimitoshi Yamane

Des Moines-class cruiser Specification
Ships of the class:  Des Moines, Danilov, Oleg Length:  190 meters Armament:  rapid-fire cannon x1, CIWS x2, 9-tube VLS x7, anti-ship missile launcher x10 Complementary units:  helicopter x2 Non-fictional Designer:  Kimitoshi Yamane

Danilov class Specification
The Arkansas-class and  the Des Moines-class, which only differs slightly in armament, are also known as the Danilov-class. It is possible that these are different class name used by Atlantic Federation and Eurasian Federation forces.

Conflicting ship name
The Arkansas-class and Des Moines-class is also known as the Danilov-class. In CE 73, the ZAFT battleship Minerva's sensor console labels some vessels as Arkansas-class and their companion Des Moines class, but the ship's sensor operator verbally identifies both as Danilov-class.

The different class name used by Atlantic Federation and Eurasian Federation forces may related to real-world differences of class naming tradition of United States Navy and in European navies.

In non-fictional world, in the United States Navy, a class is always named after the lead ship; that is, the first ship of that class to be approved by Congress&mdash;almost (but not quite) without exception the ship of the class with the lowest hull number.

In European navies, a class is named after the first ship in commission, regardless of when that ship was ordered or laid down. In some cases, this has resulted in different class names being recorded in European references from their American counterparts - for example, European references report the Colorado class battleships of the United States Navy as "Maryland-class", since USS Maryland (BB-46) was commissioned over two years before USS Colorado (BB-45).

See Ship class, for more details about this matter.

Trivia

 * The Arkansas is named for the 25th state of the United States.
 * The Des Moines is named for the capital city of Iowa.
 * Oleg could be named for Oleg of Novgorod, the 7th and 8th century Varangian prince.
 * During the closing days of World War II, three Baltimore class cruisers were modified and reordered as Des Moines class heavy cruisers. Only two ships were completed, USS Des Moines (CA-134) and USS Salem (CA-139).
 * The Danilov is named for a small town in Yaroslavl Oblast, located in the Central Federal District of Russia

Fraser-class Destroyer
The Fraser-class destroyer is an Earth Alliance naval warship. They are both manufactured and operated by Earth Alliance.

Designated as destroyer, the primary role of the Fraser class is to escort Tarawa-class mobile assault ships. The hull design is largely conventional. They are designed by Kimitoshi Yamane in real-world.

Fraser-class Destroyer Specification
Ships of the class:  Fraser Length:  Approx 150 meters Armament:  rapid-fire cannon x1, CIWS x3, 16-tube VLS x2, anti-ship missile launcher x4 Complementary units:  helicopter x2 Non-fictional Designer:  Kimitoshi Yamane

Trivia

 * The Fraser-class is likely named for English World War II naval hero Lieutenant Commander Ian Edward Fraser.