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UNSC Leviathan
An image of UNSC Leviathan, used as the header on Michael Stanforth's old Waypoint article.
Ship history
Unified Earth Government

Name:

Leviathan

Class:

Marathon-class heavy cruiser[1]

Operator:

UNSC Navy

Manufacturer:

alt SinoViet Heavy Machinery[2]

Commissioned:

After 2520[Note 1]

Fate:

Destroyed on August 30, 2552[1][3]

Captain(s):

Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth[1]

General characteristics

Type:

Length:

1,192 meters (3,910 ft)[5]

Width:

293 meters (960 ft)[5]

Height:

375 meters (1,230 ft)[6]

Mass:

12 million tonnes[2]

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine

Complement:

Troops:

Hull:

191 centimeters (75 in) of Titanium-A battle plate[7][8]

Armaments:

Air wing:

 

UNSC Leviathan, affectionately known as the Levi,[11] was a Marathon-class heavy cruiser in service with the UNSC Navy, before and throughout the Human-Covenant War. The cruiser served as the flagship of Battlegroup Leviathan[12] and was commanded by Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth, the former head of ONI Section Three[13] and the commander of FLEETCOM Sector Three.[1]

Service history[edit]

Battle of Sigma Octanus IV[edit]

Main article: Battle of Sigma Octanus IV

By July of 2552, Leviathan was one of the twenty cruisers remaining within the UNSC fleet.[13][Note 2] Upon receiving warning of the Covenant's intended attack on Sigma Octanus IV, Stanforth and Battle Group Leviathan was the first to respond and arrived in the system on July 17, 2552.[1][13] Leading UNSC naval forces aboard Leviathan, Stanforth moved his fleet into a position between the planet and its moon to combat the oncoming Covenant fleet. Leviathan and the rest of the fleet managed to fire upon the Covenant vessels with a massive volley of MAC slugs. However, the UN