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UNSC Gettysburg

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Gettysburg
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The Gettysburg docked at the Borneo Space Tether in late 2552.
Ship history
Unified Earth Government

Name:

Gettysburg

Class:

Paris-class heavy frigate[1]

Namesake:

Battle of Gettysburg

Operator:

UNSC Navy[2]

Manufacturer:

alt SinoViet Heavy Machinery[3]

Status:

Active as of late 2552[1]

Captain(s):

Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb

General characteristics

Type:

Frigate[3][4]

Length:

535 meters (1,755 ft)[3][4][5][6][7]

Width:

199 meters (652 ft)[4][5][6]

Mass:

1.3 million tonnes[3]

Power plant:

Fusion reactor[2]

Maneuver drive:

Fusion drive (2 primary, 6 secondary)

Slipspace drive:

Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine[8]
Borer (Retrofitted during FIRST STRIKE)

Complement:

Hull:

60cm[2] Titanium-A armor[5][6]

Armaments:

Air facilities:

One primary hangar bay located in the lower mast of the ship[5]

 

The UNSC Gettysburg was a Paris-class heavy frigate in service with the UNSC Navy during the Human-Covenant War.

Design[edit]

Built around a Magnetic Accelerator Cannon and armed with numerous Archer missile pods, the Gettysburg was a fairly typical UNSC frigate.

It had an Officers' Club aboard, housing a large table of oak, which was heavily scored with numerous gouges and scorches from cigars<