USS Boxer
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Six ships of the United States Navy
have been named Boxer, after HMS Boxer
, which the USS Enterprise
captured during the War of 1812.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have been named Boxer, after HMS Boxer
HMS Boxer (1812)
HMS Boxer was a 12-gun built and launched in July 1812. The ship had a short service history with the Royal Navy before the 16-gun USS Enterprise captured her near Portland, Maine in September 1813. She then went to have at least a decade-long commercial career.-Design and construction:The Bold...
, which the USS Enterprise
USS Enterprise (1799)
The third USS Enterprise, a schooner, was built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799, and placed under the command of Lieutenant John Shaw...
captured during the War of 1812.
- The , was a 14-gun brigBrigA brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
constructed by C. and D. Churchill of Middletown, Connecticut, and commissioned in 1815 under Lt. John Porter. - The , was a 10-gun schooner commissioned in 1832.
- The , was originally the blockade runner Tristram Shandy, captured during the Civil War on 15 May 1864.
- The , was a training brigantine commissioned 11 May 1905.
- The , was an aircraft carrier launched 14 December 1944 and commissioned 16 April 1945.
- The , is an amphibious assault ship commissioned 11 February 1995 and currently on active duty.