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Code Number: MYNVolume09/MYNV09P01_09.1705

Title: LHD-4 Boxer, Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship

Notes: Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship (Multi-Purpose). Boxer is a unit of Amphibious Squadron Seven, Amphibious Group Three, and is homeported at s:"San Diego, CA".

Keel Laid down: 08/04/1991 at Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. s:"Pascagoula" s:"Mississippi"
Launched: 07/08/1993
Commissioned: USS Boxer (LHD-4), 11/02/1995

Displacement: 40,500 tons (fl.)
Length: 844'
Beam: 106'
Draft: 27'
Speed: 20kts +
Complement: Crew: 104 Officer, 1004 Enlisted, Marine Force 2074
Armament: 2 Sea Sparrow launchers, 3 20 mm s:"Phalanx Defensive System" (CIWS) mounts, 8 50cal. mgs.
Aircraft: 42 s:"CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopters", 5 s:"AV-8B Harrier" aircraft, 6 s:"ASW helicopters"
Landing Craft: 3 s:"air Cushion Landing Craft" (LCAC)
Power Plant: two 600 psi boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total shaft horsepower.

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Photographer: Wernher Krutein

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