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USS Boxer
Six
United States Navy
ships have borne the name
Boxer
.
HMS
Boxer
was captured by the
Enterprise
in the
War of 1812
but not taken into the Navy.
The first
Boxer
was a 14-gun
brig
commissioned in
1815
.
The second
Boxer
was a 10-gun
schooner
commissioned in
1832
.
The third
Boxer
was the blockade runner
Tristram Shandy
, captured during the
American Civil War
and renamed
12 June
1865
.
The fourth
Boxer
was a training
brigantine
launched
11 October
1904
by
Portsmouth Navy Yard
, sponsored by Mrs. J. H. Tomb, and commissioned
11 May
1905
Lieutenant H. H. Royall in command. Until
20 October
1912
she served as training vessel at the Naval Training Station,
Newport, Rhode Island
. She then shifted to the
United States Naval Academy
where she remained until
25 June
1914
when she returned to Newport.
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.
The fifth
Boxer
(CV-21)
was an
aircraft carrier
that served in the
Korean War
.
The sixth
Boxer
(LHD-4)
is an
amphibious assault ship
commissioned in
1995
and on active service in
2003
.