USS Boxer (CV-21)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 90
gptkbp:armament 12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
32 × 40 mm AA guns
46 × 20 mm AA guns
gptkbp:awards 1 battle star (Vietnam War)
8 battle stars (Korean War)
gptkbp:beam 93 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:commissioned 16 April 1945
gptkbp:convertedTo gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
anti-submarine warfare carrier
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 2,600
gptkbp:decommissioned 1 December 1969
gptkbp:displacement 27,100 tons
gptkbp:draught 28 ft
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Boxer (CV-21)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-21
gptkbp:laidDown 13 September 1943
gptkbp:launched 14 December 1944
gptkbp:length 888 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Boxer_Rebellion
previous USS Boxer ships
gptkbp:notableEvent set trans-Pacific speed record in 1945
first carrier to deliver jet aircraft to combat (F-51 Mustangs to Korea)
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:CVS-21
gptkb:LPH-4
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:struck 1 December 1969
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)
gptkb:SCB-27_modernization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5