UNSC Bunker Hill: Difference between revisions

*Another likelihood is it was christened the Bunker Hill to pay homage to it's naval predecessors bearing the same name: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bunker_Hill_%281917%29 USS Bunker Hill (1917)] originally a coastal steamer passenger ship, later acquired by the U.S. Navy and renamed the "Aroostook" (CM-3); or the World War II-era aircraft carrier [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bunker_Hill_%28CV-17%29 USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)]—perhaps the most well known of the ships bearing the Bunker Hill name, CV-17 partook in multiple battles in the Pacific campaign waged during the latter years of WWII including the battles of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima Iwo Jima] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa Okinawa] the ship was eventually struck by two Japanese kamikazee pilots within 30 seconds of eachother crippling the ship; third to bear the Bunker Hill name is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bunker_Hill_%28CG-52%29 USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)] a missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy that was commissioned in the late 1980's and served through the early part of the 21st century.