USS Boxer

USS Boxer may refer to:

USS Boxer (LHD-4)

USS Boxer (LHD-4) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. It is the sixth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the original HMS Boxer, which had been captured from the British during the War of 1812.

History

Boxer was constructed at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, launched 13 August 1993, and commissioned 11 February 1995. She immediately left for San Diego, California via the Panama Canal and, although she was designed to fit the Canal, her bridge wing and other smaller components were sheared off in the transit.

After minor repairs and system checkout, Boxer deployed to the Western Pacific from 24 March 1997 to 24 September 1997, along with Ogden and Fort Fisher, and visited many foreign ports of call. Boxer also participated in RIMPAC the following year, then on 5 December 1998 deployed again to the Western Pacific.

Boxer deployed again to the Western Pacific, Persian Gulf and Red Sea on 14 March 2001 in support of Operation Northern Watch. She visited Singapore, Thailand, Guam, Jebel Ali, Bahrain, and Jordan, returning to the United States on 14 September 2001, just days after the attacks of 11 September 2001.

USS Boxer (1832)

USS Boxer of the United States Navy was a 10-gun schooner, launched on 22 November 1831 by the Boston Navy Yard, and commissioned sometime in 1832, with Lt. Benjamin Payne in command; this was the second U.S. Navy ship to be named for the original HMS Boxer, which had been captured from the British during the War of 1812.

Service history

Her first mission was to the American Colonization Society (ACS) colony of Liberia, with orders to join the Peacock off the coast of Brazil and both to proceed to the Pacific in support of the frigate Potomac on the first Sumatran Expedition to suppress piracy in the East Indies; the ships fail to rendezvous until 5 June 1834, "in the unhealthy roadstead of Batavia."Boxer then returned to join the West Indies Squadron. In 1835, she began a two-year tour of duty on the Pacific Station. After a period laid up undergoing repairs Boxer resumed duty on the Pacific Station from 1838 to 1840. Following two years apparently spent laid up, the schooner went to sea with the Home Squadron between 1842 and 1844. In 1846, Boxer was posted to the Africa Squadron, the primary mission of which was the suppression of the slave trade. That assignment lasted until the summer of 1848 when she returned to the United States.