The UNSC Silberg was a stealth ship of unknown class used by ONI for the Radio Beacon Deployment Program. She was absent from the Battle of Reach while conducting a deep-space mission.

Jason Morelli, a Navy signalman, was a member of the ship's crew[1].

Partial transcript of On Reach.wav

Jersey: Durga is my dad on reach!?...
Durga: He wasn't on Reach... 
Jersey: Thank god.
Durga: ...He's on deep space reconnaissance on a ship called the Silberg.
Jersey: Whew!

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