USS Boxer (1831)

History
United States
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

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; this was the second U.S. Navy ship to be named for the original HMS Boxer, which had been captured from the British during the War of 1812.