Acclamator-class Assault Ship

The Acclamator-class assault ship is a starship created for the Galactic Republic. It participated in the Clone Wars since their beginning.

The 752 meter long Acclamator-class assault transport carries thousands of Galactic Republic Clone troopers into battle. They possessed heavy armaments for the time: 4 heavy missile/torpedo launch tubes; 24 point defense laser cannons, rated at 6 megatons per shot; and 12 quadruple turbolaser turrets, each rated at 200 gigatons per shot. The Acclamator-class can also serve as Star Frigates to support their landing groups. Eighty LAAT gunships were carried to insert personnel or cargo to a battlezone.

In their first engagement at the Battle of Geonosis, the Acclamator-class performed admirably, shooting down or capturing many of the Trade Federation's ring-shaped battleships while delivering legions of Clonetroopers to the battlefield. The ships would see many battles in both the Clone Wars and the Galactic Civil War. Descendants of the Acclamator-class - including the Victory-, Venator-, Imperator- and Tector-class Star Destroyers - would soldier on throughout the 20-year Galactic Civil War, fighting alongside their predecessor.

There appears to have been several variants of the Acclamator dedicated for space combat rather than planetary assault. One example may the Rand Ecliptic, which had two docking bays that had openings on both port and starboard. There was no large downward-facing hanger bay as seen on the Acclamator, but there were large retractable loading ramps in order for the clonetroopers to board.

The word Acclamator means "one who acclaims."

Appearences

 * Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Clone Wars Vol. I (TV)
 * Star Wars: Empire at War (VG)