| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Boxer |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard |
| Launched: | 22 November 1831 |
| Commissioned: | 1832 |
| Decommissioned: | 1848 |
| Fate: | Sold, 7 August 1848 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Schooner |
| Tons burthen: | 194 tons |
| Length: | 88 ft (27 m) (gun deck) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 11 in (3.33 m) |
| Armament: | • 2 × 9-pounder guns • 8 × 24-pounder carronades |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Brazil Squadron, 1832-1833 West Indies Squadron, 1834 Pacific Squadron, 1835-1840 Home Squadron, 1842-1844 Africa Squadron, 1846-1848 |
The second USS Boxer of the United States Navy was a 10-gun schooner, launched on 22 November 1831 by the Boston Navy Yard, and commissioned sometime in 1832, with Lt. Benjamin Payne in command.
In 1832 and 1833, Boxer cruised on the Brazil Squadron, and in 1834 moved north to the West Indies Squadron. In 1835, she began a two-year tour of duty on the Pacific Station. After a period laid up or undergoing repairs Boxer resumed duty on the Pacific Station from 1838 to 1840. Following two years apparently spent laid up, the schooner went to sea with the Home Squadron between 1842 and 1844. In 1846, Boxer was posted to the Africa Squadron, the primary mission of which was the suppression of the slave trade. That assignment lasted until the summer of 1848 when she returned to the United States.
Boxer was sold at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 7 August 1848.