page_title: USS Perry (DD-11)
section_title: Pre-World War I
hierarchical_section_title: USS Perry (DD-11) / Pre-World War I
caption_attribution_description: English: The USS&#160;Chicago&#160;(1885) (back) and USS&#160;Perry&#160;(DD-11) (front) at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in June, 1905. Description/Notes: Photo shows a scene from the Lewis and Clark Exposition held at Portland, Oregon in 1905. Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides Item Number: P217:set 049 slide 022 You can find this image by searching for the item number by clicking http://oregondigital.org/digcol. Want more? You can find more http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/digital-resources.html. We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons; however, certain restrictions on high quality reproductions of the original physical version may apply. To read more about what “no known restrictions” means, please visit the http://archives.library.oregonstate.edu/exhibits/FlickrCommonsNoKnownCopyrightsRestrictions.html, or contact staff at the OSU Special Collections &amp; Archives Research Center for details.
context_page_description: The second USS Perry (DD-11) was a Bainbridge-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.
context_section_description: Perry was assigned to the Pacific Torpedo Flotilla and based at Mare Island until the United States entered World War I. Her operations took her as far north as Alaska and south along the coast of Mexico; and in the fall of 1908, combined fleet maneuvers took her to Hawaii.
  Perhaps the highlight of the torpedo boat destroyer's career came during the earthquake which struck San Francisco on 18 April 1906, and the resulting fire which devastated the city. For four days after, they were awakened by severe rolling and pitching of their ship before dawn on 18 April, the crew labored to save the western metropolis by fighting fires; patrolling districts where stores, warehouses, and homes were threatened by looters; and providing medical aid to countless injured men, women, and children.
  In 1914, Perry observed the Topolobampo naval campaign in the Gulf of California during the Mexican Revolution, she was present at the Fourth Battle of Topolobampo, the final naval action of the campaign.
caption: USS Perry and USS Chicago in Portland during the Lewis and Clark Exposition, June 1905
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