![]() ![]() ![]() After an uneventful year patrolling northern waters, en route to Charleston, South Carolina the Revenge was caught in and damaged by storms, and Perry fell ill by the heat and humidity of a southern summer. ![]() This luck ran dry in April 1809 when Perry received his first command, the schooner Revenge. As the son of a prominent captain, Perry received a coveted midshipman appointment.įor the next six years, Perry served on the renowned ships Constellation, Nautilus, and Constitution, but never saw any of the action that made them famous. His opportunity arrived in 1799 when the frigate General Greene was commissioned and in search for crew. His father, Christopher Raymond Perry, was a Navy captain, and growing up in the seaside town of South Kingston, Rhode Island, Perry anticipated his future career from an early age. The commodore who led the Lake Erie fleet to victory during the War of 1812 had the sea in his blood. ![]()
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