Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I te hokinga ki te kaainga i te Poutu-te-rangi 1801, i whakahaua ia ki te whakarite mo te haerenga moana mo te tau i te Mediterranean i roto i te roopu i whakahaua e Commodore Richard Dale. I runga i tana ake tono, i tukuna a Decatur mai i te whakahau o "Philadelphia" e Kapene Samuel Barron. I tae mai te kapa ki Gibraltar i te Hurae 1, me te Commodore Dale i runga i te frigate. I whakahaua te "Philadelphia" ki te rere i te Straits me te aukati i te takutai o Tripoli, mai i te marama o Mei 1801 i whakawehi a Pasha Yusuf Karamanli ki te whawhai
i te United States, ā, i hopu i ngā kaipuke hokohoko a U.S. mō te utu.