USS Boxer (CV/CVA/CVS-21, LPH-4) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, and the fifth ship to be named for HMS Boxer. She...
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the Civil War on 15 May 1864. USS Boxer (1905), was a training brigantine commissioned on 11 May 1905. USS Boxer (CV-21), was an aircraft carrier launched...
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Retrieved 21 June 2015. "Hancock". www.nvr.navy.mil. Retrieved 21 June 2015. "Bennington". www.nvr.navy.mil. Retrieved 21 June 2015. "USS Boxer (CV-21) Deployments...
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Essex-class aircraft carrier (redirect from USS Reprisal (CV-35))
Philip (1999). USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9). Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing Company. ISBN 1-56311-492-5. St. John, Philip (2000). USS Randolph (CV/CVA/CVS-15)...
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USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9) was an aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the 24-ship Essex class built for the United States Navy during World War II. She...
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maiden deployment to the Mediterranean Sea in support of the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) carrier battle group; along with sister ship Leyte Gulf. On...
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four aircraft carriers – USS Boxer (CV-21), USS Princeton (CV-37), USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), and USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) – of Task Force 77, the...
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fighter groups. Sixty aircraft from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) make a tight-formation flyover over Saigon in the State of Vietnam...
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USS Princeton (CV/CVA/CVS-37, LPH-5) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy...
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preparing for entering Vietnamese Tunnel, Vietnam. 1965. Photo of USS Boxer (CV-21/LPH-4) loaded with helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division. The division's...
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experiencing an engine failure on takeoff from the aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) on 19 May 1951 off Korea. The pilot, Lt.(jg) Oliver D. Droege, of...
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USS Wasp USS Hancock ‡ USS Bennington USS Boxer ‡ USS Bon Homme Richard USS Leyte ‡ USS Kearsarge ‡ USS Antietam ‡ USS Princeton ‡ USS Shangri-La ‡ USS Lake...
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States Navy, where he served as a navigator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) during the Korean War. When the war ended, Bodovitz left the Navy...
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USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Hancock was the fourth US Navy...
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down his fifth enemy plane on 16 July 1953, while detached ashore from the USS Princeton. After the war, the F2H-3 Banshee replaced the Corsair. In August...
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USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy...
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USS Philippine Sea (CV/CVA/CVS-47, AVT-11) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, and the first ship to be named for the...
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receiving an angled flight deck), USS Hornet (CV-12) at San Francisco, and USS Hancock (CV-19), and USS Boxer (CV-21) both at San Diego. In 1968, Carrier...
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vastly improving its antisubmarine capability and deployed aboard USS Boxer (CV-21). This was followed by a cruise aboard Princeton again in 1958. In...
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from Korea, USS Boxer made a record trip across the Pacific—7 days, 10 hours, and 36 minutes. In 1952, all carriers with designations "CV" or "CVB" were...
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USS Valley Forge (CV/CVA/CVS-45, LPH-8) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy...
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Mustangs were shipped from the United States aboard the aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21). These planes were quickly assembled and flown out to combat units...
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first operational jet aircraft – with Fighter Squadron 1 (VF-1) aboard USS Boxer (CV-21) April 22 – North American B-45 Tornado with the United States Air...
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New River, North Carolina; with HMR(L)-264 aboard the USS Boxer (CV-21) and later the USS Wasp (CV-18); again with HMR(L)-262, Marine Aircraft Group 26...
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continues to decline rapidly. July 4 – The aircraft carriers USS Antietam (CV-36) and USS Boxer (CV-21) are among ten U.S. Navy ships participating in the celebration...
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1948 aboard USS Boxer. VF-51 then transitioned to the Grumman F9F-3 Panther. On 3 July 1950, VF-51 launched off the USS Valley Forge CV-45 and became...
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Barnes (DE-353); Naval Air Base Samar, Philippines; USS Gardiners Bay (AVP-39), USS Boxer (CVA-21); USS Antietam (CVA-36); U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard, Washington...
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Korean forces from five carriers during the battle: USS Valley Forge with Carrier Air Group 5, USS Philippine Sea with Carrier Air Group 11, HMS Triumph...
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in 1982. USS Stembel (DD-644) was named for Rear Admiral Roger N. Stembel (1810–1900), who served in the Civil War. She was laid down on 21 December 1942...
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