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The '''UNSC'' Bunker Hill''''' was a [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] in the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Reuse|HE:270}} In [[2531]], it was the staging area for the [[Spartan-II]] team under command of [[John-117]] to [[Operation: SMOKING ACES|raid]] the [[Insurrectionist]] base of [[Camp New Hope]] on planet [[Victoria]] in the [[111 Tauri System]].<ref name="GoO:41">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 41''</ref> | |||
The '''UNSC''Bunker Hill''''' was a [[UNSC destroyer|destroyer]] in the [[UNSC Navy]]. | |||
==Namesake== | ==Namesake== | ||
*The first possibility is that this vessel is named after the [[wikipedia:Battle of Bunker Hill|Battle of Bunker Hill]] early in the American Revolutionary war in 1775. | *The first possibility is that this vessel is named after the [[wikipedia:Battle of Bunker Hill|Battle of Bunker Hill]] early in the American Revolutionary war in 1775. | ||
*Another likelihood is it was christened the Bunker Hill to pay homage to its naval predecessors bearing the same name: the [[wikipedia:USS Bunker Hill (1917)|USS Bunker Hill (1917)]] originally a coastal steamer passenger ship, later acquired by the U.S. Navy and renamed the "Aroostook" (CM-3); or the World War II-era aircraft carrier [[wikipedia:USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)|USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)]]—perhaps the most well known of the ships bearing the Bunker Hill name, CV-17 partook in multiple battles in the Pacific campaign waged during the latter years of WWII including the battles of [[wikipedia:Battle of Iwo Jima|Iwo Jima]] and [[wikipedia:Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa]] the ship was eventually struck by two Japanese kamikazee pilots within 30 seconds of eachother crippling the ship; third to bear the Bunker Hill name is [[wikipedia:USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)|USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)]] a missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy that was commissioned in the late | *Another likelihood is it was christened the Bunker Hill to pay homage to its naval predecessors bearing the same name: the [[wikipedia:USS Bunker Hill (1917)|USS Bunker Hill (1917)]] originally a coastal steamer passenger ship, later acquired by the U.S. Navy and renamed the "Aroostook" (CM-3); or the World War II-era aircraft carrier [[wikipedia:USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)|USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)]]—perhaps the most well known of the ships bearing the Bunker Hill name, CV-17 partook in multiple battles in the Pacific campaign waged during the latter years of WWII including the battles of [[wikipedia:Battle of Iwo Jima|Iwo Jima]] and [[wikipedia:Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa]] the ship was eventually struck by two Japanese kamikazee pilots within 30 seconds of eachother crippling the ship; third to bear the Bunker Hill name is [[wikipedia:USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)|USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)]] a missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy that was commissioned in the late 1980s and served through the early part of the 21st century. | ||
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The UNSC Bunker Hill was a destroyer in the UNSC Navy.[1] In 2531, it was the staging area for the Spartan-II team under command of John-117 to raid the Insurrectionist base of Camp New Hope on planet Victoria in the 111 Tauri System.[2]
Namesake[edit]
- The first possibility is that this vessel is named after the Battle of Bunker Hill early in the American Revolutionary war in 1775.
- Another likelihood is it was christened the Bunker Hill to pay homage to its naval predecessors bearing the same name: the USS Bunker Hill (1917) originally a coastal steamer passenger ship, later acquired by the U.S. Navy and renamed the "Aroostook" (CM-3); or the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)—perhaps the most well known of the ships bearing the Bunker Hill name, CV-17 partook in multiple battles in the Pacific campaign waged during the latter years of WWII including the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa the ship was eventually struck by two Japanese kamikazee pilots within 30 seconds of eachother crippling the ship; third to bear the Bunker Hill name is USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) a missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy that was commissioned in the late 1980s and served through the early part of the 21st century.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 270
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 41
