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* The third ''Boxer'' was the [[blockade runner]] ''Tristram Shandy'', captured during the [[American Civil War]], [[15 May]] [[1864]] off of [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] and renamed to ''Boxer'' in [[12 June]] [[1865]]. It was a schooner-rigged, iron-hulled, sidewheel steamer. <ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b8/boxer-iii.htm DANFS USS Boxer no. 3]</ref> |
* The third ''Boxer'' was the [[blockade runner]] ''Tristram Shandy'', captured during the [[American Civil War]], [[15 May]] [[1864]] off of [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] and renamed to ''Boxer'' in [[12 June]] [[1865]]. It was a schooner-rigged, iron-hulled, sidewheel steamer. <ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b8/boxer-iii.htm DANFS USS Boxer no. 3]</ref> |
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* The fourth ''Boxer'' was a training [[brigantine]] launched [[11 October]] [[1904]] by [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]], |
* The fourth ''Boxer'' was a training [[brigantine]] launched [[11 October]] [[1904]] by [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]], [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]], sponsored by Miss Helen Drury and commissioned [[11 May]] [[1905]] with Lt. Hilary 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 [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]] [[14 May]] [[1920]] for use in [[Alaska]] by the [[Bureau of Education]].<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b8/boxer-iv.htm DANFS USS Boxer no. 4]</ref> |
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* The fifth [[USS Boxer (CV-21)|''Boxer'' (CV-21)]] was an [[aircraft carrier]] that served in the [[Korean War]]. |
* The fifth [[USS Boxer (CV-21)|''Boxer'' (CV-21)]] was an [[aircraft carrier]] that served in the [[Korean War]]. |
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Revision as of 08:33, 5 October 2007
The USS Boxer is the name of ships in the United States Navy. Six ships[1] have born the name Boxer.
The name Boxer originate from His Majesty’s Brig Boxer (Captain Samuel Blyth). The Boxer was encountered and captured by the U.S. 12-gun brig Enterprise commanded Lieutenant William Burrows, off of Portland, Maine, on 5 September 1813. It was never converted nor used by the US Navy, instead it was sold as a merchant ship. [2]
United States Navy
Ths six ships are:
- The first Boxer was a 14-gun brig 2-mast sailing ship constructed and commission in 1815, Middletown, Connecticut. The ship was built by C. and D. Churchill and commanded by Lt. John Porter.[2]
- The second Boxer was a 10-gun schooner built 22 November, 1831 and commissioned in 1832. It was built by the Boston Navy Yard and commanded by Lt. Benjamin Payne.[3]
- The third Boxer was the blockade runner Tristram Shandy, captured during the American Civil War, 15 May 1864 off of Wilmington, North Carolina and renamed to Boxer in 12 June 1865. It was a schooner-rigged, iron-hulled, sidewheel steamer. [4]
- The fourth Boxer was a training brigantine launched 11 October 1904 by Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sponsored by Miss Helen Drury and commissioned 11 May 1905 with Lt. Hilary 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.[5]
- 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 2005.
British Royal Navy
Nine ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boxer.
See HMS Boxer.
The notable HMS Boxer was captured by the Enterprise in the War of 1812 but not taken into the Navy.
References
Note
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