UNSC Dreadnoughts

"Its easier to take an existing name for a ship class, and redefine it rather than to make a new one."- Unnamed UNSC engineer
==Reintroduction and Redefining==
Dreadnaughts had long been outdated by naval standards and classifications. However, in the late 25th century, they recieved a redefinition by the UNSC which brought the name and ship back into service. Dreadnoughts still remained focused on anti-ship capability's but not to the same extent as a battleship. The type generally carried a decent fighter and landing compliment, and had a much more extensive point defense system. Essentially, a cross between a battleship and a carrier, but leaning more towards the battleship side. This was a large partially multi role, capital ship. These were few in number within the navy, but highly popular and used as command ships when available due to their versatile nature.
The Eridani Class Dreadnought was the first Dreadnought to be built to match the new definition of the Dreadnought.
The "standard" Hull classification is DDN, but the hull designation remains largely un-standardized due to the new reintroduction of a long defunct class of warships.