USS Boxer (LHD-4)

	USS Boxer underway on 18 August 2011
History
United States
Name	Boxer
Namesake	USS Boxer (CV-21)
Awarded	3 October 1988
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	18 April 1991
Launched	13 August 1993
Sponsored by	Becky Miller
Christened	28 August 1993
Commissioned	11 February 1995
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	MMSI number: 368710000; Callsign: NBXR; ; Hull number: LHD-4;
Motto	Honor, Courage, Strength
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Type	Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement	40,500 long tons (41,150 t) full load
Length	843 ft (257 m)
Beam	104 ft (31.8 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.1 m)
Propulsion	Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW);
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range	9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Well deck dimensions:	266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high
Boats & landing ; craft carried	3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or; 2 Landing Craft Utility or; 12 Landing Craft Mechanized;
Troops	1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine detachment
Complement	1,208
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar; 1 AN/SPS-48 3-D Air Search Radar; 1 AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar; 1 Mk23 Target Acquisition System (TAS); 1 AN/SPN-43 Marshalling Air Traffic Control Radar; 1 AN/SPN-35 Air Traffic Control Radar; 1 AN/URN-25 TACAN system; 1 AN/UPX-24 Identification Friend Foe;
Armament	Two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers; Two RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers; Three 20 mm Phalanx CIWS systems; Four 25 mm Mk 38 chain guns; Four .50 BMG machine guns;
Aircraft carried	Actual mix depends on the mission; Standard Complement:; 6 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft; or; 6 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters; 4 AH-1W/Z Super Cobra/Viper attack helicopter; 12 MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor; 4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters; 3–4 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters; Assault:; 22+ MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotors; Sea Control:; 20 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft; or; 20 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters; 6 SH-60F/HH-60H ASW helicopters;

USS Boxer (LHD-4) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She is the sixth U.S. ship to bear the name of the original HMS Boxer, which was captured from the British during the War of 1812.

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