Name Oliver Hazard Perry Maiden voyage 16 July 2015 Weight 0.2495 tons Beam 12 m | Namesake Oliver Hazard Perry Homeport Newport, RI, USA Draft 3.96 m | |
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Owner Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island Operator Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island Builders Senesco Marine LLC, North Kingstown | ||
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SSV Oliver Hazard Perry is a tall ship operated by non-profit Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island.
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Description
It measures 207 feet (63 m), and is a three-masted square-rigged vessel, making it the largest privately owned tall ship and largest civilian sail training vessel in the United States. The SSV Oliver Hazard Perry sails as Rhode Island’s Official Sailing School Vessel and a "good will ambassador" for the state as well as 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 [when acquired by the Rhode Island trust was] a 138 feet (42 m) steel hull, which [was] 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 20-gun British ship HMS Detroit (captured by the flotilla commanded by Commodore Perry – not the six gun sloop HMS Detroit destroyed by Lieutenant Jesse D. Elliott in the War of 1812) – could be completed."
On July 16, 2015, the Perry set sail for the first time on a voyage to Portland, ME. During that voyage she made a stop in Provincetown, MA. While in Maine the Perry participated in the parade of sail during the 2015 Portland Tall Ships festival. The ship also made a visit to New London, CT, for the 2015 Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival.