The UNSC Arlington (CA-87) is a Marathon-class heavy cruiser in service with the UNSC Navy. The vessel is the 33rd ship of its class and is named after Arlington County, Virginia. The UNSC Arlington is one of the few Marathon-class cruisers to survive through to the end of the Human-Covenant war, and was heavily modified afterward to continue its operations in the post-conflict years. As of 2553, the ship is under the command of Captain Weller Tamou and her shipboard AI is Cheshire.