USS Boxer (1831)

History
United States
Name	USS Boxer
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Launched	22 November 1831
Commissioned	1832
Decommissioned	1848
Fate	Sold, 7 August 1848
General characteristics
Type	Schooner
Tons burthen	194 tons
Length	88 ft (27 m) (gun deck)
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draft	10 ft 11 in (3.33 m)
Armament	2 × 9-pounder guns; 8 × 24-pounder carronades;
Service record
Part of:	Brazil Squadron, 1832–1833; West Indies Squadron, 1834; Pacific Squadron, 1835–1840; Home Squadron, 1842–1844; Africa Squadron, 1846–1848;

USS Boxer of the United States Navy was a 10-gun schooner, launched on 22 November 1831 by the Boston Navy Yard, and commissioned sometime in 1832, with Lt. Benjamin Payne in command; this was the second U.S. Navy ship to be named for the original HMS Boxer, which had been captured from the British during the War of 1812.

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