Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I tohua ia hei kaitiaki i te tau 21 i te 28 o Paenga-whāwhā 1800. I mahi ano tana tuakana a Robert Livingston i te US Navy hei tohunga taatai i runga i te kaipuke i te Pakanga o 1812. Ko tana tuakana, ko Herman, he kaitiaki i runga i te USS Wasp me te USS Peacock. I mahi a Jonathon Thorn i te Navy i te Pakanga o Tripolitan
, a ka tuku ki te whai wāhi i roto i te haerenga mōrearea ki te whakangaro i te frigate hopukina "Philadelphia", i whakanohoia i raro i nga pupuhi o te tauranga Tripoli i tiakina. I te 16 o Hui-tanguru 1804, i arahina e Lieutenant Stephen Decatur tetahi roopu o enei kaitautoko i roto i te ketch "Intrepid" ki Tripoli ka tahuna te kaipuke Amerika kia kore ai e taea te whakamahi e te hoariri.