Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Ko te tuatahi John Adams i hangaia i te tau 1799 hei frigate mo te United States Navy, i hurihia hei corvette i te tau 1809, ana ka hurihia ano hei frigate i te tau 1830. I tapaina ki te Perehitini John Adams, i whawhai ia i te Quasi-War, te Tuatahi
me te Pakanga Tuarua o Barbary, te Pakanga o te tau 1812, te Pakanga Mexico-American me te Pakanga o Amerika. I te mutunga o tana mahi, i uru ia ki te poraka Uniana o nga tauranga o South Carolina. I uru ia ki te whakaekenga i Combahee Ferry i whakaritea e Harriet Tubman, te pononga o mua me te Uniana, me te koromatua o te Uniana a Montgomery. I ārahi a "John Adams" i ngā kaipuke pupuhi e toru i runga i te awa o Harbor ki Port Royal. I whakawhirinaki te kapa ki nga kaipuke pango o te rohe ki te arahi i nga maina me nga taiepa. I tukuna e te kapa te 750+ pononga me te whakararuraru i te Confederation. Ko Tubman te wahine tuatahi i roto i te hītori o U.S. ki te whakamahere me te whakahaere i tētahi haerenga hōia.