SSV Oliver Hazard Perry

The SSV Oliver Hazard Perry tall ship in New London, Connecticut, on Sept. 9, 2015.
History
United States
Name: Oliver Hazard Perry
Namesake: Oliver Hazard Perry
Owner: Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island
Operator: Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island
Builder: Senesco Marine, North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Maiden voyage: 16 July 2015
Homeport: Newport, RI, USA
Identification:
Nickname(s): The Perry
Status: As of July 2015 underway
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Sail Training Vessel
Type: Tall ship
Tonnage: 471
Displacement: 550
Length:
  • 196 ft (60 m) sparred
  • 132 ft (40 m) o/a
Beam: 38 ft
Height: 130 ft
Draft: 13 ft
Decks: steel, wood overlay anticipated
Installed power: 2 Deere 99kW gensets, CAT 30 kW emergency genset.
Propulsion: 2 CAT C12 385 hp each
Sail plan:
Complement: 49
Crew: 17

SSV Oliver Hazard Perry is a tall ship operated by non-profit Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island.

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.[2][3] 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."[3][4]

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.

References

  1. "The Oliver Hazard Perry Ship: Specs & Construction". ohpri.org. 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  2. "RI’s Tall Ship SSV Oliver Hazard Perry: Building a Floating Classroom, One Plank at a Time". Newport Now. July 22, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Rhode Island's Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry: Creating jobs & education". Boat Building.net. February 17, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  4. "SSV Oliver Hazard Perry – Sailors Read and Kirby joining advisory board". Sail World. September 16, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
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