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Encyclopedia > USS Boxer

Six United States Navy ships have borne the name Boxer. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...


HMS Boxer was captured by the Enterprise in the War of 1812 but not taken into the Navy. Nine ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boxer, named after the competitor in a boxing match. ... The third USS Enterprise, a schooner, was built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799, and placed under the command of Lieutenant John Shaw. ... The War of 1812 was a conflict fought in North America between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815. ...

  • The first Boxer was a 14-gun brig commissioned in 1815.
  • The second Boxer was a 10-gun schooner commissioned in 1832.
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USS Boxer (190 words)
HMS Boxer[?] was captured by the Enterprise in the War of 1812 but not taken into the Navy.
The third Boxer was the blockade runner[?] Tristram Shandy, captured during the American Civil War and renamed 12 June 1865.
Boxer continued in service at Newport until transferred to the Department of the Interior 14 May 1920 for use in Alaska by the Bureau of Education[?].
USS Boxer (LHD-4) (147 words)
The sixth USS Boxer (LHD-4) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy.
Boxer was constructed at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, launched 13 August 1993, and commissioned 11 February 1995.
In 2003, Boxer was in the Persian Gulf.
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