The 700 meter long Acclamator-class assault ship carries thousands of Galactic RepublicClonetroopers into battle. They possess heavy armaments - including 12 heavy turbolaser emplacements similar to the type found on Imperial Star Destroyers and 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, 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 Star Destroyers and their successors, the Imperial Star Destroyers - would soldier on throughout the 20-year Galactic Civil War, fighting alongside their predecessors.
There appears to have been several variants of the Acclamator dedicated for 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.
An acclamation is a form of election not using a ballot.
In Canada, a candidate for a parliamentary, legislative or municipal position is said to be elected by acclamation if he or she has no opponents for the seat, an eventuality that rarely occurs except for legislative elections in the northern territories and municipal elections.
The last instance of an acclamation in an election to the Canadian House of Commons was in 1957 when George Henry Doucett was acclaimed in a by-election following the death of his predecessor.
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