USS Boxer

The USS Boxer is the name of ships in the United States Navy. Six ships 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.

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.

• 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 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.