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At his request during the war he was given command of U.S. Naval forces on Lake Erie. He supervised the building of a small fleet at what is now Erie, Pennsylvania. On September 10, 1813 Perry's fleet defended against an attacking British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie. His battle report after victory: "We have met the enemy and they are ours".
While this opened Canada up to possible invasion, it simultaneously protected the entire Ohio Valley . It was the only significant fleet engagement of the war.
In 1819, during an expedition to Venezuela, he died of disease caused by indigenous insects.
Son of Captain Christopher Raymond Perry ( December 4, 1760 - June 8, 18181818 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events February 12 Chile gains its independence from Spain March 11 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published March 22 Easter Sunday falls on its earliest possible date. The next time Easter will fall this early:) and Sarah Wallace Alexander ( 1764Events January 19 John Wilkes is expelled from the House of Commons for seditious libel February 15 The American city of St. Louis is established. Births February 11 Joseph Chenier, French poet (+ 1811) March 13 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister - December 4, 1830Events February 3 The previously autonomous state of Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under the supervisio), his younger brother was Matthew Calbraith PerryMatthew Calbraith Perry ( April 10, 1794 March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U. Navy who forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, under the threat of military force. Early Life and Naval Career Born in South Kin.
During the 20th century, the U.S. Navy named a class of guided missile frigateSailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. In modern military terminology, a frigate is a warship intended to protect other warships and merchant marine ships and as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) combatants fs after Perry, the Oliver Hazard Perry class.