Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa e rite ana te kaipuke mo te haerenga tuarua ki te Moana-a-Kiwa, i whakahau te Hekeretari o te Navy i te kaipuke ki Mexico ki te awhina i te whakaaturanga kaha i te takutai o Vera Cruz. I konei ko ia te kaipuke rangatira o te Home Squadron i waenga i te Hui-tanguru me te Tihema 1846, e mahi ana i te Moana o Mexico i te Pakanga o Mexico-Amerika i raro i te whakahau a Cmdre. Ko David Conner rāua ko Kapene Thomas Dulay. I muri mai ka riro i a Capt. French Forrest te whakahau i te wa i mate ai a Dulay. Ko etahi atu o nga rangatira rongonui i tenei haerenga ko nga hoa whawhai o te Pakanga Tangata Raphael Semmes me John Winslow. I tirotiro te kaipuke i te aukati o te takutai rawhiti o Mexico mo te nuinga o te pakanga. I uru ia ki etahi whakaeke i whakakorea i nga tauranga o Mexico, i mua i te rere i te 28 o Hurae i te takutai o Alvarado. I tukuna te kaipuke me te kamupene o tana kaipuke i uru ki te whakaekenga i Tabasco. I nui te kino o te whakatārewatanga ki a ia, nā reira i whakatārewatia ai ia ki Norfolk hei whakatika. Heoi, i noho tonu tana roopu ki muri ka whakawhiti kaipuke me te roopu o te frigate tuahine "Raritan", kua toru tau e rere ana i te moana. I whai wāhi te kapa tawhito ki te
Te whakapae o Veracruz hei waahanga o te papahiko Naval.