UNSC Shimazu

The UNSC Shimazu is an active Destroyer in service of the UNSC 8th Fleet under Admiral Clive Kunhamm. It was built two years after the end of the war, in 2555 CE in a ship yard in Mars. It is also named after an ancient Japanese clan from the 16th Century.

History
After the end of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC Navy began to name it's ships after the various warrior clans who ruled ancient Japan in the 16th Century. Perhaps as either a resemblance to the ship's might or a reminder to humanity that their history was not yet to be written. The Shimazu was the first of the UNSC ships named after these clans, followed by many others named after other clans such as the Mori, Takeda etc. Fittingly, the ship was assigned to a Navy Captain of Japanese origin: Lee Toronama.