UNSC Stalingrad

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UNSC Stalingrad
Production information

Class:

UNSC Carrier

Specifications

Length:

greater then 1500 meters

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Hull:

2 meters of Titanium-A battleplate

Armament:

Complement:

Service information

Destroyed:

2552

Known commanders:

Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson

Affiliation:

UNSC Navy

 

The UNSC Stalingrad was a UNSC Carrier in 2552. It was commanded by Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson.[2]

Background

It was the flagship of a small task force sent to Onyx to retrieve Dr. Catherine Halsey and her Spartan-IIs and Spartan-IIIs. During the Battle of Onyx, the ship survived the first[3] and second[4] attacks on the Covenant fleet but was destroyed when overwhelming Covenant reinforcements arrived from Slipspace.[5]

Historical Reference

Stalingrad (now Volgograd) was the site of a brutal battle during the Second World War in which thousands were lost, popularly seen as marking the easternmost mark of the German invasion and the turning point of the war on the eastern front. The weakening of the German army at Stalingrad would ultimately culminate in the decisive battle at Kursk.

References

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