Battle of Lake Erie
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The Battle of Lake Erie, also known as the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, on Lake Erie off the shores of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy def
Battle of Lake Erie William Henry Powell, 1865
Movements of the squadrons of Perry and Barclay on the morning of 10 September overlaid on contemporary photograph (image taken September 2004)
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial on South Bass Island
A mural depiction of Perry and Cyrus Tiffany rowing to Niagara
Oliver Hazard Perry
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Oliver Hazard Perry was a United States Navy officer from South Kingstown, Rhode Island. A prominent member of the Perry family naval dynasty, he was the son of Sarah Wallace Alexander and Captain Chr
Battle of Lake Erie
…materials and fittings from Pittsburgh, which was expanding as a manufacturing center, and smaller guns were borrowed from the Army. Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry had earlier been appointed to command on Lake Erie, through lobbying by Jeremiah B. Howell, the Senior Senator from Rhode Island, supplanting Lieutenant…
1818 portrait
Perry (standing) after abandoning Lawrence, in a 1911 painting by Edward Percy Moran
![USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) flies a replica "DONT [sic] GIVE UP THE SHIP" flag in 2020.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_%28CVN_71%29_flies_a_%E2%80%9CDon%E2%80%99t_Give_Up_the_Ship%E2%80%9D_flag._%2849966895161%29.jpg/500px-USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_%28CVN_71%29_flies_a_%E2%80%9CDon%E2%80%99t_Give_Up_the_Ship%E2%80%9D_flag._%2849966895161%29.jpg)
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) flies a replica "DONT [sic] GIVE UP THE SHIP" flag in 2020.
A view of the flag in Memorial Hall (in Bancroft Hall)