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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > USS Boxer
		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[?].
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/us/USS_Boxer (215 words)

	USS Boxer (CV-21) - Biocrawler
		Later in 1957, Boxer operated briefly as an experimental assault helicopter aircraft carrier, an indication of things to come for her, the Navy and the Marine Corps.
		The Boxer was also on station in the West Atlantic and scheduled to be the prime recovery vessel for the Gemini 8 mission in March, 1966.
		Boxer decommissioned in December 1969 and was sold for scrapping in February 1971.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/USS_Boxer_%28CV-21%29 (791 words)

	USS Boxer (CV 21) history
		The fifth USS Boxer (CV 21) was launched December 14, 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Miss Ruth D. Overton daughter of the Senator from Louisiana and commissioned April 16, 1945, Captain D. Smith in command.
		USS Boxer was reclassified CVA 21 on October 1, 1952 and CVS 21 on February 1, 1956.
		Boxer returned to the Dominican Republic on April 27, 1965, sending her Marines ashore while the embarked HMM-264 began an airlift in which over 1,000 U.S. nationals were evacuated to the naval task force off shore as a revolt in the country threatened their safety.
	www.uscarriers.net /cv21history.htm (796 words)

	History
		The HMBS Boxer, commanded by Captain Blyth, was sailing off the coast of Portland, Maine on September 5, 1813, when she was met by the USS Enterprise, commanded by Lieutenant William Burrows.
		However, she was captured by USS Kansas on May 15, 1864 then purchased by the U.S. Navy from the Boston Prize Court and commissioned into service as the "USS Boxer" on August 12, 1864.
		The fifth USS Boxer, CV-21 was first laid down by Newport News Shipyards September 13, 1943, was launched on December 14, 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. The ship was commissioned on April 16, 1945, and Captain D. Smith became the first officer to command her.
	www.boxer.navy.mil /History.html (474 words)

	USN Ships--USS Boxer (CV-21, later CVA-21, CVS-21 & LPH-4)
		USS Boxer, a 27,100-ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier, was built at Newport News, Virginia.
		Boxer had just returned to the U.S. from her third deployment when the Korean War broke out in late June 1950.
		The original photograph and caption was released by USS Boxer in 1968.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/cv21.htm (1250 words)

	USS Boxer (CV 21)
		USS BOXER was launched 14 December 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Miss Ruth D. Overton daughter of the Senator from Louisiana and commissioned 16 April 1945, Captain D. Smith in command.
		BOXER was reclassified CVA 21 on 1 October 1952 and CVS 21 on 1 February 1956.
		BOXER returned to the Dominican Republic on 27 April 1965, sending her Marines ashore while the embarked HMM-264 began an airlift in which over 1,000 U.S. nationals were evacuated to the naval task force off shore as a revolt in the country threatened their safety.
	navysite.de /cv/cv21.htm (1001 words)

	USS Boxer (CV-21)
		Converted to an anti-submarine warfare aircraft carrier (CVS) in early 1956, she made a final Western Pacific tour in that role during 1956-57.
		Later in 1957, Boxer operated briefly as an experimental assault helicopter aircraft carrier, an indication of things to come for her, the Navy and the Marine Corps.
		Boxer decommissioned in December 1969 and was sold for scrapping in February 1971.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Boxer_(CV-21).html (691 words)

	USS BOXER HISTORY
		USS Boxer, a 27,100-ton Essex class aircraft carrier, was built at Newport News, Virginia.
		Boxer was decommissioned in December 1969 and was sold for scrap in February 1971.
		Boxer ARG participated in several foreign relations exercises during the deployment with Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
	www.ussboxer.com /USS_Boxer_History.htm (2660 words)

	CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier Exhibit, Pictures, Stories.
		The USS Kitty Hawk holds about 85 airplanes, more than 6000 military personnel, it carriers as much as 1.2 million pounds of conventional weapons, it has trucks, fairly large boats for the captain and the admiral, it can travel more than 32 knots and is one of most feared military machines in the world.
		The USS Kitty Hawk's length is 1062.5 feet (323.8 meters), its Flight Deck Width is 252 feet (76.8 meters) Width at sea level is 130 feet (39 meters).
		The USS Kitty Hawk is a long way right now from the state that gave it its name, but a Wilmington banker wants to give it a home here after it's retired.
	www.yellowairplane.com /USS_Kitty_Hawk.htm (1601 words)

	Military.com - Unit Histories
		But make no mistake about it: this book is primarily about the USS Boxer that was launched in December, 1944, as CV-21, later redesignated CVS-21 and finally became LPH-4.
		Boxer joined the fleet too late to participate in WWII, but she was a key player in the Korean War, earning 8 battle stars.
		For the next decade, Boxer and her "main battery" of Marines and transport helicopters were vital components of the United States' amphibious warfare capabilities.
	www.military.cibmedia.com /main-search-detail.asp?idsearch=T-CV21 (559 words)

	REMEMBER WHEN
		Sailors from USS Boxer (CV-21) and escort (Republic of Korea Army interpreter), at Seoul, 7 April 1950.
		Flight deck of the USS Boxer enroute to the Korean War zone on 20 July 1950.
		Boxer Tribute -- While Panther jets rest on the catapults in readiness, officers and men of the carrier USS Boxer (CVA-21) uncover to pay tribute to pilots and crewmembers of the ship who gave their lives during the Korean War.
	www.ussboxer.org /Remember_When.htm (2561 words)

	USS Boxer (CV-21)
		She was launched 14 December 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Ruth D. Overton (daughter of John H. Overton, Senator from Louisiana), and commissioned 16 April 1945, Captain D. Smith in command.
		In mid-1965, Boxer served as an aircraft transport, carrying more than two hundred Army helicopters and airplanes to Vietnam as part of the deployment of the 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile).
		She was the prime recovery vessel for the AS-201 mission, the first flight of the Apollo Command and Service Module, which was recovered February 26, 1966.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_boxer__cv_21_.html (751 words)

	CV-21 USS Boxer
		The Boxer (CV-21) was launched 14 December 1944 by Newport News Shipbuildingand Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Miss Ruth D. Ovarton daughter of the Senator from Louisiana; and commissioned 16 April 1945,Boxer captain D. Smith in command.
		During 23-24 June her planes tookpart in the heavy strikes against the North Korean hydroelectric complexand on 5 August she had nine men killed and two seriously injured in a firewhich swept the hangar deck.
		Boxer was reclassified CVA-21 in October 1952 and CVS-21'18 November 1955.
	www.multied.com /navy/CV21Boxer.html (416 words)

	USS Boxer at AllExperts
		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.
	en.allexperts.com /e/u/us/uss_boxer.htm (270 words)

	History for USS Boxer - CV 21
		With the outbreak of the Korean conflict Boxer was pressed into service to carry troops, Navy and Air Force planes to the fighting.
		Boxer participated in the Dominican Crisis in April 1965 and in August deployed to Southeast Asia transporting US Army First Cavalry Division (Air Mobile) aircraft.
		Boxer was the first Essex class carrier to launch jet aircraft and the first ship to launch guided missiles in combat (Korea 1952).
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,200195\|200014,00.html (183 words)

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		USS Midway (CV-41) with CVW-5 embarked, on her 14th South China Sea deployment and 11th deployment as a forward deployed carrier stationed at Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) was the U. Navy’s 513th Foreign Water Fleet Deployment and the first deployment in 1977.
		USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) with CVW-5 embarked, on her Fall Underway Period in the Western Pacific, Sea of Japan and the South China Sea and 16th deployment as a forward deployed carrier stationed at Yokosuka, Japan (NAF Atsugi, Japan) was the U. Navy’s 774th Foreign Water Fleet Deployment and the last deployment in 2005.
		USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) with CVW-14 embarked, on her first “Westpac” and first Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea/Gulf (Persian Gulf) deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom was the U. Navy’s 775th Foreign Water Fleet Deployment and the first deployment in 2006.
	www.uscarrierhistory.com /introduction.doc (4767 words)

	CV-21 USS Boxer
		The Boxer (CV-21) was launched 14 December 1944 by Newport News Shipbuildingand Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Miss Ruth D. Ovarton daughter of the Senator from Louisiana; and commissioned 16 April 1945,Boxer captain D. Smith in command.
		During 23-24 June her planes tookpart in the heavy strikes against the North Korean hydroelectric complexand on 5 August she had nine men killed and two seriously injured in a firewhich swept the hangar deck.
		Boxer was reclassified CVA-21 in October 1952 and CVS-21'18 November 1955.
	www.historycentral.com /NAVY/CV21Boxer.html (416 words)

	combatindex.com - US Sea Systems: LHD 4 (USS BOXER)
		Third BOXER: The third BOXER, an English-built iron "side-wheeled" steamer, was originally known as the Tristam Shanty, that measured 222 feet in length and 23 feet in width.
		BOXER was reclassified as an Anti-Submarine Warfare Carrier (CVS-21) in November 15, 1955.
		On February 11, 1995, the USS BOXER (LHD-4) was officially commissioned into the United States Navy as its fourth Multipurpose Amphibious Assault Ship, almost four years after construction on her began.
	www.combatindex.com /hardware/detail/sea/lhd04_detail.html (2109 words)

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		USS Boxer, a 27,100-ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier, was built at Newport News, Virginia.
		Commissioned in April 1945, she did not complete initial training in time to participate in World War II operations, but was actively employed in the Pacific during the Post-War years, making ten deployments to the Western Pacific from September 1945 into 1957.
		Boxer had just returned to the U.S. from her third deployment when the Korean War broke out in late June 1950.
	hulk.osd.wednet.edu /~maasjoak/boxer (256 words)

	USS Boxer (CV 21)
		Commissioned too late to participate in World War II, the BOXER was reclassified CVA 21 on October 1, 1952; CVS 21 on February 1, 1956; and LPH 4 on January 30, 1959.
		USS BOXER was launched 14 December 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Miss Ruth D. Overton daughter of the Senator from Louisiana and commissioned 16 April 1945, Captain D. Smith in command.
		BOXER was reclassified CVA 21 on 1 October 1952 and CVS 21 on 1 February 1956.
	www.united-states-navy.com /cv/cv21.htm (1001 words)

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		SOPA is ComCarDiv FIVE in the USS BOXER (CV 21).'Moored starboard side to pier in Berth 57, San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point, San Francisco, California, receiving steam, electrical power, fresh water and salt water from the pier.
		SOPA is ComCarDiv FIVE in USS BOXER (CV 21)..Moored starboard side to pier in Berth 57, San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point, San Francisco, Calif., receiving steam, electricity, fresh and salt water, and telephone facilities from dock.
		SOPA is ComCarDiv FIVE in the USS BOXER (CV 21).CMoored starboard side to pier in Berth 57, San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point, San Francisco, California, receiving steam, electrical power, fresh water, flushing water, and telephone facilities from the shore.
	www.ussorleck.com /decklogs/xls/July_1947.xls (1361 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Boxer (CV 21)
		The fifth Boxer (CV 21) was launched 14 December 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Miss Ruth D. Overton daughter of the Senator from Louisiana and commissioned 16 April 1945, Captain D. Smith in command.
		Boxer was reclassified CVA-21 on 1 October 1952 and CVS-21 on 1 February 1956.
		Boxer and two LSDs arrived off the coast of Hispanola on 29 August 1964 to provide medical aid and helicopter evacuation services to people in areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic badly damaged by Hurricane Cleo.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv21-boxer/cv21-boxer.html (830 words)

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		USS ORLECK (DD 886) in station No. 2.IGuide is now USS JUNEAU (CLAA 119), bearing 147 (T), distance 5500 yards./Changed formation axis to the right to 270 (T).OChanged course to 270 (T&pgc), 279 (psc).
		USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV 47) and USS BOXER (CV 21) in formation 4 R. Formation axis is 060 (T).
		OTC is CTF 77 in USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV 47).
	www.ussorleck.com /decklogs/xls/April_1951.xls (1672 words)

	USS Boxer to Deploy in Support of Global War on Terrorism [200 Marines, 900 Sailors ~ Jan. 14] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Boxer is scheduled to return to San Diego at the end of April after offloading embarked Marines and equipment in the CENTCOM AOR.
		Boxer was in the Persian Gulf for the duration of Operation Iraqi Freedom, conducting coalition air control and identification, and providing sea-based support to Marine aviation units and U.S. and coalition ships in the region.
		Presently, USS Boxer (LHD-4), was Commissioned in Feb. 11 1995 as a Multipurpose Amphibious Assault Ship, as well as non-combatant evacuation and other humanitarian missions.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1055420/posts (2815 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS BOXER (CV-21)
		USS Boxer (CV-21) with her crew spelling out her name on the flight deck, steams past the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay as she returns from her first Korean War deployment, November 1950.
		Carrier Air Group 101 (CVG-101), tail code "A," was aboard USS Boxer (CV-21) for her second deployment to Korea and WestPac, March 2 – October 24, 1951.
		USS Boxer steams past the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay as she returns from a WestPac deployment, October 1954.
	www.navsource.org /archives/02/21.htm (1578 words)

	YORKTOWN LINKS
		Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum Society while the USS Yorktown is the most famous aircraft carrier in the history of the US Navy, the Battleship New Jersey is the most famous battleship.
		USS Yorktown CG 48 "The Yorktown Affair" Using computer technology the new USS Yorktown, an Aegis Class guided missile cruiser goes dead in the water for nearly 3 hours and is towed back to port.
		USS Forrestal On July 29, 1967, 134 United States Navy sailors died in a fire that started on the flight deck.
	www.ussyorktown.com /yorktown/links.htm (1078 words)

	USS BOXER LPH 4 pictures from military photos on webshots
		USS BOXER LPH 4 Liberty Launch ST. THOMAS, VI.
		USS BOXER LPH 4 (Maggie the Mule) Mascot for 1st Cavalr...
		USS Boxer - CV 21 - History The fifth Boxer (CV-21) was commissioned 16 April 1945 for World War II.
	news.webshots.com /album/53214017FLgnBm (408 words)

	USS Boxer Veterans Association
		The USS Boxer Veterans Association was formed in 1986.
		The association is open to the crew, squadron personnel, attached Marine Corps personnel and other military personnel having served aboard the USS Boxer CV/CVA/CVS-21/LPH-4/LHD-4.
		The purpose of the association is to reunite shipmates who served aboard these ships and to perpetuate the association through annual reunions.
	www.ussboxer.com (155 words)

	USS Boxer - CV 21 - Unit Pages
		The USS Boxer was the first carrier to experiment with jet aircraft.
		The fifth Boxer (CV-21) was commissioned 16 April 1945 for World War II.
		USS Boxer All designations (3 Oct 2007 - 6 Oct 2007)
	unitpages.military.com /unitpages/unit.do?id=200195 (170 words)

	USS Duncan
		He was attached to the staff of COMMANDER CARRIER DIVISION SIX, who was in command of a Fast Carrier Task Group in the final year of World War II, and after the war went to shore duty at Camp Peary, Virginia and Bainbridge, Maryland.
		while serving aboard such flagships as the USS Maryland and the USS Cambria, (APA 36), and the receipt of a letter of commendation from the Commanding Officer, NAS, Los Alamitos, for his contributions to the Disaster Plan for that all-important activity.
		Ashley's adaptability as a naval line officer is the fact that the latter contribution was made during the time he was also Aerological Officer for the Air Station.
	www.ussduncan.org /wespac53_page20c.htm (652 words)

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