CV-21 USS Boxer WESTERN PACIFIC & KOREA CRUISE 1950

Namesake. HMS Boxer, a 12-gun Bold-class gun-brig built and launched in Jul 1812, captured by USS Enterprise near Portland , ME in Sep 1813
Ordered. 1943
Builder. Newport News Shipbuilding, NY
Laid down. 13 Sep 1943
Launched. 14 Dec 1944
Commissioned. 16 Apr 1945
Decommissioned. 1 Dec 1969
Reclassified:
CVA-21, 1 Oct 1952
CVS-21, 15 Nov 1955
LPH-4, 30 Jan 1959
Stricken. 1 Dec 1969
Fate. Scrapped at Kearny, Feb 1971
Class and type. Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement. 27,100 long tons (27,500 t) standard
Length. 888 feet (271 m) overall
Beam. 93 feet (28 m)
Draft. 28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m)
Installed power. 8 × boilers 150,000 shp (110 MW)
Propulsion:
4 × geared steam turbines
4 × shafts
Speed. 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement. 3448 officers and enlisted
Armament:
12 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns
32 × Bofors 40 mm guns
46 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Armor. Belt: 4 in, Hangar deck: 2.5 in, Deck: 1.5 in, Conning tower: 1.5 in
Aircraft carried. 90–100 aircraft