Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau i Boston, Massachusetts, i mahi a Porter i te Quasi-War me France i te tuatahi hei kaitiaki i runga i te, i uru ki te hopu i te "L'Insurgente" i te Hui-tanguru 9, 1799; ka rite ki te 1st lieutenant o; a, ko te mutunga o te whakahau o USS "Amphitheatre". I roto i te
I te Pakanga Tuatahi o Barbary (1801<unk>07), ko Porter te rangatira tuatahi o,,, a, i mauheretia ia 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".