Oliver Hazard Perry was an American naval commander, born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. A prominent member
of the Perry family naval dynasty, he was the son of Sarah Wallace Alexander and United States Navy Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, and older brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry.
Perry (standing) after abandoning Lawrence in a 1911 painting by Edward Percy Moran
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) flies a replica "Don’t Give Up the Ship" flag in 2020
Mural: Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. (1959) by Charles Robert Patterson and Howard B. French, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Niagara joins the battle. Detroit and Queen Charlotte at right.
Christopher Raymond Perry was an officer in the United States Navy who was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Washington County, Rhode Island, in 1780 and served until 1791. He was the father of Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry.