ASMR Full Building: USS Boxer — Steel Giant of the Pacific Skies⚓🇺🇸 This 27,100-ton warship launched air power like a floating runway under fire. USS Boxer (CV-21), an Essex-class carrier, was driven by eight boilers and four steam turbines generating 150,000 shaft horsepower, reaching 33 knots. She carried up to 100 aircraft armed with bombs and rockets. Unit cost around $68 million in the 1940s, with modernized annual maintenance estimated near $40 million during active service. #USNavy #Ess