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Journal photo / Mary Murphy The hull of the unfinished tall ship Oliver Hazard Perry is docked at Bowen's Wharf this morning after it completed its voyage from Amherstburg, Canada. Its owners, Tall Ships Rhode Island, plan to transform it into a 207-foot Tall Ship to represent all of Rhode Island. The goal is to have the Oliver Hazard Perry sailing by 2010. The 132-foot hull was towed from Ontario to Narragansett Bay, a 800-mile journey. The nonprofit bought the steel hull in September and intends to build it into a 207-foot, three-masted, square-rigged 19th-century warship replica named after Rhode Island's naval war hero, Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry, who was born in Rhode Island and lived in Newport, was a Navy commodore who led the U.S. fleet to a key victory on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. During the battle, he captured the HMS Detroit. The Canadian group built the hull for a planned replica of the Detroit, before having to abandon the project due to lack of support. 
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