Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi - I whānau mai a Porter i Boston, Massachusetts, i mahi ia i te Quasi-War ki a Wīwī i te tuatahi hei kaitiaki i runga i te kaipuke, i whai wāhi ki te hopu i te "L'Insurgente" i te Hui-tanguru 9, 1799; kātahi ka rite ki te 1st lieutenant o; me te mutunga i te whakahau o USS "Amphitheatre". I te Pakanga Barbary Tuatahi
(1801<unk>07), ko Porter te rangatira tuatahi o,,, a, i mauheretia i te wa i rere ai te whakamutunga ki te tauranga o Tripoli i te Oketopa 31, 1803. Whai muri i tana tukunga i te Pipiri 3, 1805, i noho tonu ia ki te Moana-a-Kiwa hei rangatira mo te "Enterprise".