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- USS Boxer, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, is returning home just 10 days after deploying.
- The US Navy said the Boxer is undergoing "additional maintenance" due to an engineering issue.
- Deploying months late due to mechanical issues, the big deck departed for the Indo-Pacific on April 1.
The maintenance-embattled USS Boxer is heading back to San Diego just 10 days after deploying due to an engineering issue, as first reported by USNI News and confirmed to Military.com by Navy officials.