Oliver Hazard Perry
Videos
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
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)
Matthew C. Perry
Videos
Matthew Calbraith Perry was a United States Navy officer who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. He led the Perry Expedition that ended Japan's iso
Oliver Hazard Perry
…of the Perry family naval dynasty, he was the son of Sarah Wallace Alexander and Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, and older brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry. Perry served in the West Indies during the Quasi War of 1798–1800 against France, in the Mediterranean during the Barbary Wars of 1801–1815, and in…
Commodore Matthew C. PerryU.S. postage, 1953 issue
In 1847, Perry attacked and took San Juan Bautista (Villahermosa today) in the Second Battle of Tabasco.
Perry's visit in 1854
Perry's fleet for his second visit to Japan, 1854