USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the first unqualified defeat of a British naval squadron in history, U.S. Captain Oliver Hazard Perry leads a fleet of nine American ships to victory over a squadron of six British warships at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Battle of Lake Erie was a major U.S. naval victory in the War of 1812, ensuring U.S. control over the lake and precluding any territorial cession to Great Britain in the peace settlement. On September 10 1813, Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry’s fleet of nine ships engaged six British warships under Capt.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the beginning of the War of 1812, the United States sent Oliver Hazard Perry to command the American forces on Lake Erie. When he arrived in Presque Isle (modern-day Erie, Pennsylvania), Perry commissioned several carpenters to build a fleet. Within a year he had nine combat vessels.

Detailed explanation-4: -Perry, in full Matthew Calbraith Perry, (born April 10, 1794, South Kingston, R.I., U.S.-died March 4, 1858, New York City), U.S. naval officer who headed an expedition that forced Japan in 1853–54 to enter into trade and diplomatic relations with the West after more than two centuries of isolation.