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| {{Title|UNSC ''Iwo Jima''}}
| | The '''''UNSC Iwo Jima''''' was a [[UNSC]] destroyer in [[2552]]. |
| {{Status|Canon}}
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| |name=UNSC ''Iwo Jima''
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| |class=[[UNSC destroyer]]
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| |modifier=
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| |length={{Convert|485|m|ft}}
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| |width={{Convert|242.5|m|ft}}
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| |height={{Convert|600|m|ft}}
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| |engine=[[Fusion drive]]s
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| |slipspace drive=[[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]
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| |power=
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| |shield gen=None
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| |hull=2 meters of [[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A battleplate]]
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| |navigation=[[Navigation computer]]
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| |countermeasures=
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| |armament=*[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s (2)<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 139''</ref>
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| *[[Shiva missile]]s (3){{Ref/Reuse|FoR}}
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| *[[Archer missile|Oversized Archer missile pods]] (26){{Ref/Reuse|FoR}}
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| |destroyed=[[2552]]
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| |battles=[[Onyx Conflict]]
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| |affiliation= [[UNSC Navy]]
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| |fleet=[[Battle Group Omicron]]
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| The '''UNSC ''Iwo Jima''''' was a [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] in service with the [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Navy]]. During the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552]], the ''Iwo Jima'' was assigned to [[Battle Group Omicron]] of the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] that was sent to aid the UNSC forces in the [[Onyx Conflict]].
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| ==Background==
| | It was part of [[Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson]]'s task force sent to [[Onyx]] to retrieve [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] as well as the [[Spartan-II]]s and [[Spartan-III]]s. During the first attack on [[Covenant]] ships in orbit in the [[Battle of Onyx]], the ''Iwo Jima'' was trying to escape the fight when it grazed a [[Covenant]] carrier and spun out of control, and crashed into two Covenant destroyers. The ship then self-destructed, taking both ships with it. |
| The ship was part of [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson|Patterson]]'s [[Battle Group Omicron]] and saw action at the [[Onyx Conflict]]. During the first engagement against [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] ships in that battle, she grazed a [[Covenant carrier]] while attempting to disengage and crashed into two [[Covenant destroyer|destroyers]]. The ''Iwo Jima'' then self-destructed, destroying the two enemy warships in the process.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 298''</ref>
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| | | [[Category:Human Starships|Iwo Jima]] |
| ==Namesake==
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| *The ship's name refers to the [[wikipedia:Battle of Iwo Jima|Battle of Iwo Jima]], which was fought between the [[United States of America]] and the [[Wikipedia:Japan|Japanese Empire]] in February and March [[1945]], during the Pacific Campaign of [[World War II]].
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| *The USS ''Iwo Jima'', a ''Wasp''-class Amphibious Assault Ship, is a warship in commission with the [[United States of America|United States Navy]].
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
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| ==Sources==
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| {{BGOmicron}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Iwo Jima}}
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| [[Category:Destroyers]] | |
| [[Category:UNSC ships]]
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