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==Background==
==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.<ref>[[Ghosts of Onyx]] page 298</ref>
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.<ref>[[Ghosts of Onyx]] page 298</ref>


==Namesake==
==Namesake==

Revision as of 22:21, February 5, 2008

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:

Complement:

Pelican Dropships

Service information

Destroyed:

2552

Participated battles:

Battle of Onyx

Affiliation:

UNSC Navy

 

The UNSC Iwo Jima was a UNSC Naval destroyer. She was assigned to Battlegroup Stalingrad of the UNSC Home Fleet. The Iwo Jima was destroyed in 2552 during the Battle of Onyx in The Great War.

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]

Namesake

The ship's name refers to the Battle of Iwo Jima, which was fought between 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 for shorter trips for bombing raids on Japan.

Sources

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