Brig USS Perry (left) confronting American slave ship Martha off Ambriz, June 6, 1850.
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History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Norfolk Navy Yard |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | May 1843 |
Commissioned | 13 October 1843 |
Decommissioned | 29 April 1865 |
Fate | Sold 10 August 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 280 tons |
Length | 105 ft (32 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) |
Propulsion | sail |
Complement | 67 |
Armament |
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USS Perry was a brig commissioned by the United States Navy prior to the American Civil War. She was tasked by the Navy for various missions, including those related to diplomatic tensions with Paraguay, the Mexican–American War, the slave trade, and the American Civil War. She was probably named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.