The Granicus medium corvette was supposedly discontinued around 2645. We don't know when production started, or what it looked like; but the fact that one of them was tucked in a hangar on Hell Hole in 2668 would seem to point out that it is atmospheric capable and therefore aerodynamic in shape. Accordingly, we could guess that it was not much different from the Venture corvette; but considerably larger, as the Venture Corvette is rather small as corvettes go. If so, the Granicus may have been the largest confed ship able to take off from a planet, at some point in time early in the war.
Fleet Action, page 102:
Tucked into the hangars lining the field was a bizarre assortment of ships. The heaviest was a medium corvette and it took Ian a moment to recognize it as an old Granicus-class, a line discontinued more than twenty years ago. The ship, however, was refitted with a couple of E-8 engines attached to anchor points on the sides of the hull, with half a dozen mass driver turrets patched on as well.
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