#oliver hazard perry

[clove-pinks]

Illustrations by Victor Mays for The Battle of Lake Erie by F. van Wyck Mason, 1960.

[lucybellwood]

A while ago Falynn K. asked this question on Twitter:

"So on a tall sailing ship you have the mast, and you have the yards across it--is the yard/spar actually attached to the mast, by like i dunno, a pin or something, or is it strictly roped/lashed to it?"

This is a totally reasonable question! A lot of folks who haven't sailed square riggers might think that the yard stays put, but in fact it needs to move up and down the mast so the sails can be fully set. (Y'know how everyone's always talking about halyards? They literally haul the yard up. You're welcome.)

So to answer the question: yards are held loosely to the mast by a looped line strung with large wooden beads called a parrel. The beads roll up the mast as the yard is raised and lowered. Here's a drawover that hopefully clarifies a little:

Once you start explaining things about tall ship anatomy it's hard to stop, so there's a bit more context for how the sails work:

(These are pages from my comic A Week at Sea with OHP, which you can read online here or grab as a print minicomic here.)

Hope this is helpful!

[rosemeriwether]

@clove-pinks for imagination purposes.

[ltwilliammowett]

How to cross a sandbar - The principle is based on that of camels used by the Dutch to get large ships across shallow waters. 

[lonestarbattleship]

USS UNDERWOOD (FFG-36) underway during sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean.

Date: May 5, 1983

NARA: 6368978

[enriquemzn262]

If you think the US Navy giving up on the brand new Littoral Combat Ships was bad, you don’t know about that time the navy retired the Mk 13 missile launcher, which was the main weapon system of the Oliver Hazard Perry class, effectively neutering an entire 20-odd fleet of ships, turning them into oversized ASW corvettes for their last 10 years in service.

The funniest thing about it being how on some ships, said system was replaced by a fucking machine gun.

[judgemark45]

The U.S. Navy guided missile frigates USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7), USS Antrim (FFG-20) and USS Jack Williams (FFG-24) underway.

[muttball]

U S Brig Niagara

The Flagship Niagara is one of the most historically authentic tall ships in the United States. As an accurate reproduction of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s victorious flagship from the War of 1812’s Battle of Lake Erie, the ship represents both Pennsylvania and her homeport of Erie in ports throughout the Great Lakes.

[leebrontide]

Hello random stranger I don’t even follow! I grew up on Lake Erie and we have a storm hag and I am so excited to talk about her! Mostly she’s from like the war of 1812 and partially forgotten about, but she’s said to cause storms that take down ships so she can feast on sailor flesh. She has a spooky little theme song but by the time you hear it it’s too late and she’s already next to your ship about to pull you under. Which like, you’d think then that we wouldn’t know the song but it’s:

Come into the water, love, dance beneath the waves

Where dwell the bones of sailor lads inside my mossy cave

She’s said to live in a cave under presque isle, which does not make sense because it’s a sand bar full of swampy lagoons, but also there’s a rip current medium often on the beach side so arguably she’s still out there sucking down souls. I’m just saying there’s bluffs on the other side of the bay that seem more reasonable as a place to find caves. But like also historically during the war of 1812 (but really 1813) Oliver hazard Perry’s fleet spent the winter in misery bay, which is sort of toward the end of presque isle, and they were very cold and hungry. I do also like to think that the people that fall through the ice dunes and die in winter are her victims. Maybe also the people that snowmobile on the ice too far into spring and go under. Then again she probably can’t be blamed for every kind of stupid death that happens.

Anyway apparently her name is Jenny Greenteeth, which makes it pretty clear that she’s an English import at least in name, but I love her.

Also, in case you don’t already know, Lake Erie is shallow which makes the currents weird and there’s like, so many shipwrecks. It’s warmer than the deeper lakes so they aren’t as well preserved as the ones in Lake Superior or anything, but there are genuinely a nuts number of them. Also there’s at least one ghost ship, the dean richmond. There’s this whole area called the Lake Erie quadrangle that they’re thinking about protecting federally because there’s so many shipwrecks? Like, beyond a Bermuda Triangle amount. But on the bright side, it doesn’t have as much of a plane crash history as the Lake Michigan triangle!

Also there are some giant goddamned sturgeon in that lake, and if you feel the need to go mermaid tail/person body with the mermaid thing I recommend a long twisty sturgeon tail and body! I forgot what this was for in my excitement to tell someone about my girl Jenny Greenteeth, but have so much fun!

THIS is what I'm talking about!

[captain-price-unofficially]

Damaged by a mine in the Persian Gulf, the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) is transported by MV Mighty Servant 2 from Dubai to Newport, Rhode Island.

[clove-pinks]

DON'T GIVE UP THE BOOP!

[1solone]

How big is the USS Navy?

The United States Navy is one of the largest and most powerful navies in the world. As of 2022, the US Navy has:

Fleet: The US Navy has a total of 355 ships and submarines, including:

12 aircraft carriers (Nimitz-class and Gerald R. Ford-class)

12 amphibious assault ships (Wasp-class and America-class)

22 cruisers (Ticonderoga-class and Arleigh Burke-class)

62 destroyers (Arleigh Burke-class and Zumwalt-class)

72 submarines (Los Angeles-class, Virginia-class, and Columbia-class)

34 frigates (Oliver Hazard Perry-class)

64 patrol boats (PCs and FPBs)

Personnel: The US Navy has a total of around 330,000 active-duty personnel, including:

Officers: around 65,000

Enlisted personnel: around 265,000

Budget: The US Navy's annual budget is around $170-180 billion.

Operations: The US Navy operates in over 70% of the world's oceans and has a significant presence in the Mediterranean, Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.

Some interesting statistics about the US Navy:

The US Navy has a fleet that can deliver over 100,000 tons of cargo and supplies to distant shores.

The US Navy has over 3,700 aircraft and helicopters on its fleet.

The US Navy has a total of around 9 million square feet of deck space on its aircraft carriers.

The US Navy has over 20,000 vessels of all sizes, including warships, support ships, and tenders.

The US Navy has a network of over 11,000 miles (18,000 km) of undersea communications cables.

The US Navy has over 300 military bases and facilities worldwide.

Overall, the US Navy is one of the largest and most powerful navies in the world, with a significant presence in global affairs and a critical role in defending American interests.

[rosemeriwether]

”DONT GIVE UP THE SHIP”

The most important thing I saw today.

[brookstonalmanac]

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[ltwilliammowett]

A reverse painting on Glass, of Naval Officer Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819) in Silhouette Portrait, c. 1814

[pathfinderswiftpen]

Going through my old photos and found some of my aunt's genealogy stuff and I have distant relations named William Williams and Daniel McDaniel XD

One relation died at Vicksburg, another at Gettysburg in the american civil war (I've been there; very chilling)

And apparently OLIVER HAZARD PERRY?!?