Spacecraft Recovery
26 February 1966: AS-201
General Characteristics:
Keel laid: 13 September 1943
Launched: 14 December 1944
Commissioned: USS Boxer (CV-21), 15 April 1945
Reclassified: Attack Aircraft Carrier (CVA-21), 1 October 1952
Modified and Reclassified: Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft Carrier (CVS-21), 15 November 1955
Modified and Reclassified: Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter) (LPH-4), 30 January 1959
Decommissioned: 1 December 1969
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp, Newport News, VA
Propulsion system: eight 565psi boilers, four steam turbines, 75,000 shp
Propellers: four
Length: 888 feet (270.7 meters)
Beam: 138 feet (42.1 meters)
Draft: 30 feet (9.1 meters)
Displacement: 26,556 t.(lt) 36,457 t.(fl)
Speed: 33 knots
Aircraft: 30 Helicopters
Armament: four dual 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts
Crew: 1,200 plus 1.450 troops
More information on USS Boxer from the United States Navy.
USS Boxer (LPH-4) earned two campaign stars for Vietnam War service and eight battle stars for Korean War service as CV-21. It was sold for scrapping, 13 March 1971, by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) and subsequently scrapped at the (then closed) Brooklyn Navy Yard.
