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[[File:Unidentified UNSC Capital Ship-Spartan Ops.png|thumb|300px|A number of Vindication-class light battleships.]]

Battleships are "a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns," some of the most powerful warships a navy can field. The Covenant used battleships during the the [[Human-Covenant War]], particularly during the [[Fall of Reach]], and amassed a significant number at the [[Unyeilding Hierophant]] where they were destroyed by [[Operation: FIRST STRIKE]].<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 276 (2011 edition)''</ref><ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 32''</ref> Cruisers were the largest human warships ever build during the war, though after the war, the UNSC introduced the [[Vindication-class light battleship]] into service which engaged the [[Mantle's Approach]] [[Battle of Earth (2557)|over Earth]] and later served in the [[Second Battle of Requiem]].<ref name="Bulletin">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-5-14-14 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 5.14.14'']</ref><ref name="search-for-halsey">'''Spartan Ops''', ''[[S1/Key|S1E9 ''Key'']]''</ref>

Although they mass in the same tonnage range as [[carriers]], battleships are primarily designed for traditional naval combat and rely on their heavy armaments instead of squadrons of fighters. During the height of power for seaborne battleships they were central to nations' force projection, and formed the cores of battle groups protected and screened by [[destroyer]] and [[cruiser]] escorts. They fell out of use as they became increasingly vulnerable to mines and torpedoes, and were replaced doctrinally by the [[carrier]] and [[supercarrier]].

==Classifcations==

===UNSC Battleships===

*[[Vindication-class light battleship]]

===Covenant Battleships===

==List of Appearances==

*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''