USS Boxer (CV/CVA/CVS-21, LPH-4) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, and the fifth ship to be named for HMS Boxer. She was launched on 14 December 1944 and christened by the daughter of a US Senator from Louisiana.

The Boxer (LHD 4) is the sixth Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She is the sixth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name for a British ship captured by the Americans during the War of 1812. The ship's keel was authenticated on April 8, 1991.

The USS BOXER (LPH-4), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, was commissioned on 16 APR 1945 as CV-21. Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. in Newport News, VA, USS BOXER was too late to see action in the Pacific in WWII.

The name Boxer comes from His Majesty’s Brig Boxer (Capt. Samuel Blyth, RN), 14 guns, encountered and captured by the U.S. brig Enterprise (Lt. William Burrows), 12 guns, off Portland, Maine, on...

USS Boxer (LPH-4) right, moored across from the aircraft carrier USS America at Pier No. 11, Naval Operating Base Norfolk, 1 October 1969. America had just completed a Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (since 24 January 1969).

USS BOXER was the 13 th ESSEX - class aircraft carrier and the fifth ship in the Navy to bear the name. Commissioned too late to participate in World War II, the BOXER was reclassified CVA 21 on October 1, 1952; CVS 21 on February 1, 1956; and LPH 4 on January 30, 1959.

USS Boxer (CV-21) was reclassified to an attack aircraft carrier (CVA-21) on 1 on October 1952, and on 15 November 1955, to an antisubmarine warfare support aircraft carrier (CVS-21). USS Boxer...

History of the USS BOXER Her Majesty's Ship - In September 1813, HMS BOXER was captured by the USS ENTERPRISE near Portland, Maine. Click this link to learn more about the history of the first BOXER.

Boxer returned to the Dominican Republic on April 27, 1965, sending her Marines ashore while the embarked HMM-264 began an airlift in which over 1,000 U.S. nationals were evacuated to the naval task force off shore as a revolt in the country threatened their safety. Boxer also participated in the U.S. space program.

2020年1月23日 · USS Boxer (CV-21) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II which later saw significant action during the Korean War.