Who was oliver hazard perry?

Answer 1

A naval hero.

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Answer 2

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 – August 23, 1819) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the War of 1812 against Britain and earned the nickname "Hero of Lake Erie" for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory at the Battle of Lake Erie.

He was the son of Captain Christopher Raymond Perry (December 4, 1760 - June 8, 1818) and Sarah Wallace Alexander (1764 - December 4, 1830), and his younger brother was Matthew Calbraith Perry, the brother-in-law of John Slidell.

Educated in Newport, Rhode Island, Perry was appointed a midshipman on 7 April 1799 and assigned to his father's frigate, General Greene. He first experienced combat on 9 February 1800 off Haiti. During the First Barbary War, he served in Adams and commanded Nautilus during the capture of Derna.

At his request during the War of 1812 he was given command of U.S. Naval forces on Lake Erie. He supervised the building of a small fleet at what is now Erie, Pennsylvania. On September 10, 1813 Perry's fleet defended against an attacking British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie. During the battle Perry's flagship the Lawrence was destroyed and Perry rowed a half-mile through heavy gunfire to transfer command to the Niagara, carrying his battle flag which read DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP, a famous battle cry of naval hero James Lawrence. His battle report after victory is famous: "We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop".

While this opened Canada up to possible invasion, it simultaneously protected the entire Ohio Valley. It was the only significant fleet engagement of the war.

In 1819, during an expedition to the Orinoco River in Venezuela, he died of disease caused by indigenous insects while aboard the U.S. Schooner Nunsuch. His body was originally buried in Port of Spain, Trinidad but his remains were later reinterred in Newport, Rhode Island. After briefly resting in the Old Common Burial Ground in Newport, his body was moved a final time to Newport's Island Cemetery where his brother Matthew Perry is also buried.

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Answer 3

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 – August 23, 1819) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the War of 1812 against Britain and earned the nickname "Hero of Lake Erie" for leading American forces in a decisive naval victory at the Battle of Lake Erie.

He was the son of Captain Christopher Raymond Perry (December 4, 1760 - June 8, 1818) and Sarah Wallace Alexander (1764 - December 4, 1830), and his younger brother was Matthew Calbraith Perry, the brother-in-law of John Slidell.

Educated in Newport, Rhode Island, Perry was appointed a midshipman on 7 April 1799 and assigned to his father's frigate, General Greene. He first experienced combat on 9 February 1800 off Haiti. During the First Barbary War, he served in Adams and commanded Nautilus during the capture of Derna.

At his request during the War of 1812 he was given command of U.S. Naval forces on Lake Erie. He supervised the building of a small fleet at what is now Erie, Pennsylvania. On September 10, 1813 Perry's fleet defended against an attacking British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie. During the battle Perry's flagship the Lawrence was destroyed and Perry rowed a half-mile through heavy gunfire to transfer command to the Niagara, carrying his battle flag which read DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP, a famous battle cry of naval hero James Lawrence. His battle report after victory is famous: "We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop".

While this opened Canada up to possible invasion, it simultaneously protected the entire Ohio Valley. It was the only significant fleet engagement of the war.


Perry was honored on 90-cent postage stamps of the late 19th century; this one is from 1879.In 1819, during an expedition to the Orinoco River in Venezuela, he died of disease caused by indigenous insects while aboard the U.S. Schooner Nunsuch. His body was originally buried in Port of Spain, Trinidad but his remains were later reinterred in Newport, Rhode Island. After briefly resting in the Old Common Burial Ground in Newport, his body was moved a final time to Newport's Island Cemetery where his brother Matthew Perry is also buried.

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Answer 4

I grew up In Ohio so this question is Easy for me to answer. Along with what I copy and pasted below. You Should know that there is A Monument to him on South Bass Island in Put In Bay on Lake Erie. Also there Is a Museum Dedicated to Him In Ohio.

Commodore' Oliver Hazard Perry
defeated the British on Lake Erie

1785 - 1819

"We have met the enemy and they are ours--two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop."

This was the famous victory dispatch of Oliver Hazard Perry after his fleet defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

Perry was born on Aug. 20, 1785, in South Kingston, R.I. He had four brothers and three sisters. Oliver and his brothers followed in the footsteps of their father, Christopher Raymond Perry, who was a naval officer. After schooling at South Kingston and Newport, R.I., young Oliver was appointed a midshipman in the United States Navy in 1799. He joined his father's ship, the General Greene.

In the following years Perry fought in the naval war against France and against the Barbary pirates. He was made an acting lieutenant in 1803 and a permanent lieutenant in 1807. By 1811 he was commanding a gunboat flotilla from his headquarters at Newport. That year he married Elizabeth Champlin Mason. They had five children.

As war with Britain approached, Perry asked for active duty. He was placed in command of naval operations on Lake Erie. In May 1813 he began to build and train his fleet at Presque Isle, near Erie, Pa. Perry took command of the brig Lawrence. In August the fleet sailed up the lake to meet the British.

The rival fleets met on Sept. 10, 1813. The battle began just before noon with Perry sailing directly into the British. The Lawrence was shot to pieces. Perry had to abandon ship and take command of its sister brig, the Niagara. Now, however, United States firepower had the advantage. By 3 PM the British were defeated.

Perry became a national hero. He was given a captain's rank and awarded a Congressional vote of thanks. The public called him "Commodore" Perry. He later served in the Mediterranean Sea.

In 1819, while returning from South America, he caught yellow fever. He died at Port of Spain, Trinidad, on August 23. He was reburied in Newport in 1826. A memorial column on Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island, Ohio, was dedicated in 1913. In 1936 the site became a national monument.

Answer 5

A Commodore of the American navy best known for his stunning defeat of the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

Answer 6

An Admiral in the US Navy during World War 2...

Answer 7

He was an American navy commander during the War of 1812, most famous for his battle flag "Don't Give Up the Ship" and for saying, after a victory, "We have met the enemy, and he is ours"--a direct ancestor of PWNAGE!

Answer 8

It's also a class of warships serving with the US Navy

Answer 9

Cannot answer. This is an open forum. Everything is not for everyone.