UNSC Iwo Jima

UNSC Iwo Jima
Production information
Class:	UNSC Destroyer
Specifications
Length:	485 meters
Powerplant:	Deuterium Fusion cores
Slipspace drive:	yes
Hull:	2 meters of Titanium-A battleplate
Armament:	Magnetic Accelerator Cannons (2); Shiva missiles (3); Oversized Archer Missile pods (26);
Complement:	Pelican Dropships
Service information
Destroyed:	2552
Participated battles:	Battle of Onyx
Affiliation:	UNSC Navy

The UNSC Iwo Jima was a UNSC destroyer destroyed in 2552.

Background

The ship was part of Battlegroup Stalingrad and saw action at the Battle of Onyx. During the first engagement against Covenant ships in that battle, she grazed a Covenant carrier while attempting to disengage and crashed into two destroyers. The Iwo Jima then self-destructed, destroying the two enemy warships in the process.^[2]

Trivia

The ship's name refers to the Battle of Iwo Jima, which was fought by the United States of America and the Empire of Japan in February and March 1945, during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The U.S. invasion, known as Operation Detachment, was aimed at capturing the airfields on Iwo Jima.

References

^ What those critics forgot that a UNSC Destoyer sported 2 MAC guns, 26 oversized Archer missile pods and 3 nuclear warheads. Only seven meters longer than a frigate. No single ship fighters. Almost as heavy than 2 frigates combined mass.
--Halo: The Fall of Reach page 139
^ Ghosts of Onyx page 298

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[1] What those critics forgot that a UNSC Destoyer sported 2 MAC guns, 26 oversized Archer missile pods and 3 nuclear warheads. Only seven meters longer than a frigate. No single ship fighters. Almost as heavy than 2 frigates combined mass.
--Halo: The Fall of Reach page 139

[2] Ghosts of Onyx page 298

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