USS Perry (1843)
USS Perry confronting American slave ship Martha off Ambriz June 6, 1850.
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| Builder: | Norfolk Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 1843 |
| Commissioned: | 13 October 1843 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 April 1865 |
| Struck: | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate: | sold, 10 August 1865 |
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| 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 |
| Speed: | varied |
| Complement: | 67 |
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USS Perry (1843) 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.
Perry was launched in May 1843 by the Norfolk Navy Yard; and commissioned 13 October 1843, Comdr. Samuel F. Du Pont in command.
The new brig departed Norfolk, Virginia, 3 December 1843, called at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and proceeded via Cape Town, South Africa, and the Straits of Sunda to Macau, arriving 27 August 1844. There she embarked Caleb Cushing, the first American Commissioner to China, and sailed via Hong Kong for the coast of Mexico, arriving Mazatlán, 4 November. Four days later she debarked Cushing at San Blas, for an overland journey to Vera Cruz, to catch a ship home.
Perry then sailed via Honolulu for the Society Islands and the Marquesas where she helped win respect and fair dealing for American whalers. She departed Tahiti 16 April 1845; visited Valparaíso, Chile; sailed "round the Horn", reached Norfolk, Virginia, 17 September; and decommissioned on the 25th.
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