In 1853, U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Edo Bay (the area around modern-day Tokyo and Yokohama) with a small fleet of steamships the Japanese came to refer to as "black ships" for the ...

Commodore Matthew Perry may not have enjoyed the same level of prestige as his older brother Oliver Hazard Perry, who famously defeated the British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War ...

“As a descendant of Commodore Perry, I have been very interested in the descendants of Nathaniel Savory.” The commodore led his fleet of “Black Ships” to Uraga at the entrance to Tokyo Bay ...

Perry arrived with a fleet of “Black Ships” off the Uraga ... policy of more than two centuries of national isolation. The commodore visited Chichijima the previous month.

Penrose NY’s redevelopment plans for the Commodore Perry Homes complex are advancing. After receiving approvals for variances from the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Planning Board will review the ...

A sixth person was charged with disorderly conduct. Police responded to the scene outside the Commodore Perry Apartments on Jefferson Avenue and saw all seven people fighting each other.