Hobby Boss 83405 – Boxer LHD-4 United States – 1:700 Scale Kit

USS Boxer LHD-4 is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy[2] She is the sixth US ship to bear the name of the original HMS Boxer, which was captured from the British during the War of 1812 After minor repairs and system checkout, Boxer deployed to the Western Pacific from 24 March 1997 to 24 September 1997, along with Ogden and Fort Fisher, and visited many foreign ports of call Boxer also participated in RIMPAC the following year, then on 5 December 1998 deployed again to the Western Pacific Boxer deployed again to the Western Pacific, Persian Gulf and Red Sea on 14 March 2001 in support of Operation Southern Watch She visited Singapore, Thailand, Guam, Jebel Ali, Bahrain, and Jordan, returning to the United States on 14 September 2001, just days after the attacks of 11 September 2001 On 10 April 2009, Boxer was en route to assist USS Bainbridge and USS Halyburton in negotiating the release of Richard Phillips, captain of US flagged container ship MV Maersk Alabama, who was held hostage by Somali pirates 300 miles off the Horn of Africa On 12 April 2009, Captain Phillips was freed during a US Navy assault in which three of the Somali pirates were killed, and one was captured Captain Phillips was transported to Boxer for medical examination and restOn 7 April 2020, it was reported that BAE systems had been awarded a contract from the US Navy to perform extensive modernisation and maintenance to the USS Boxer, with work scheduled to commence in June 2020, and complete in around 18 months time in December 2021 Notably, as a part of this work, the USS Boxer will be updated to be able to operate with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter