Oliver Hazard Perry - Eponymous Ships

Eponymous Ships

Commodore Perry has been repeatedly honored with ships bearing his name.

• USS Perry (1843), a sailing brig 1843–1865.
• USS Commodore Perry (1859) was an armed side wheel ferry built in 1859 by Stack and Joyce, Williamsburg, N.Y. and purchased by the Navy October 2, 1861; and commissioned later in the month, Acting Master F. J. Thomas was in command.
• USS Perry (DD-11), Bainbridge-class destroyer 1900–1919.
• USS Perry (DD-340), a Clemson-class destroyer converted into a high speed minesweeper and re-designated DMS–17 effective November 19, 1940. Served 1921–1944; sunk in Battle of Peleliu.
• Oliver Hazard Perry - USAT 2725 a Liberty ship. See, List of Liberty ships: M–R.
• USS Perry (DD-844), was a Gearing class destroyer 1945–1970.
• USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7), a guided-missile frigate 1976–1997 and Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates are named in his honor. See also USS Perry.
• SSV Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island Educational Tall ship. When completed, it will measure 207 feet (63 m), will be a three-masted square-rigged vessel, making it the largest privately-owned tall ship in the United States. Scheduled to set sail in 2012, it is intended to be a long 'good will ambassador' for the State of Rhode Island, and a "floating classroom." It is being financed through a tax exempt 501(c)(3) charitable foundation, and public subscription. Ironically, "The ship, as it existed a 138 feet (42 m) steel hull, which bought from an organization in Ontario for $325,000. It had cost almost $3 million to build, but the Canadian group derailed before the ship—intended to be a replica of the British ship HMS Detroit – could be completed."