Editing Oliver Hazard Perry (section)

==Assignments==
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* Midshipman, USS ''General Greene'' – April 1799 to May 1801
* Acting Lieutenant, USS ''Adams'' – June 1802 to November 1803
* Second Lieutenant, USS ''Constellation'' – May 1804 to July 1805
* First Lieutenant, USS ''Nautilus'' – July 1805 to December 1805
* Acting Lieutenant, USS ''Constitution'' – December 1805 to c. July 1806
* Second Lieutenant, USS ''Essex'' – c. July 1806 to c. October 1806
* Officer in Charge of Gunboat construction in Newport and Westerly, RI – October 1806 to April 1809
* Commanding Officer, USS ''Revenge'' – April 1809 to January 1811
* Commanding Officer, Gunboat Squadron, Newport, RI – c. 1811 to January 1813
* Commanding Officer, Lake Erie Squadron – March 1813 to c. October 1813
* Commanding Officer, Gunboat squadron, Newport, RI – May 1814 to July 1814
* Commanding Officer, USS ''Java'' (under construction) – July 1814 to August 1815
* Commanding Officer, USS ''Java'' (in commission) – August 1815 to c. May 1817
* Senior Naval Officer, Newport, RI – c. May 1817 to May 1819
* Commanding Officer, Venezuelan diplomatic mission – June 1819 to August 1819 (deceased)

Note – Time gaps between assignments were probably in a "waiting orders" status.