Notes: Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship (Multi-Purpose)
Laid down 8 April 1991 at Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula MS; Launched 7
August 1993; Commissioned USS Boxer (LHD-4), 11 February 1995. Boxer is a unit of Amphibious Squadron Seven, Amphibious Group Three, homeported at San Diego, CA.

Specifications: 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 Phalanx (CIWS) mounts, 8 50cal. mgs.; Aircraft: 42 CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopters, 5 AV-8B Harrier aircraft, 6 ASW helicopters
Landing Craft 3 air-Cushion Landing Craft (LCAC)

Power Plant: two 600 psi boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total shaft horsepower.