Oliver Hazard Perry

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Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819) was a American naval officer and war hero for his actions in the War of 1812. He was born on August 23, 1785 at South Kingstown, Rhode Island to Christopher Raymond and Sarah Alexander Perry. At age thirteen he joined the Navy. Shortly after he joined the Navy his ship was deployed to fight in both the Quasi-War with France and the Tripolitan War against the Barbary pirates. In 1805, at age 20, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and given command of a small schooner. Not long after the promotion he was given command of a larger vessel, the 14-gun Revenge. Unfortunately for Perry, his tenure as commander of the Revenge would not be a successful one. On January 8, 1811 while surveying Rhode Island harbors on a foggy day the Revenge ran into a reef and sunk. Although Perry had to go through an obligatory court-martial for the incident he was found completely innocent of any negligence or wrongdoing.

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