Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Pakanga Mexican-American, i whawhai ngā kaipuke o te Home Squadron, nā Commodore David Conner, USN i roto i ngā pakanga maha ki ngā ope o Mexico. He maha nga kaipuke o te Home Squadron i whakauruhia ki te kaihauturu o te rangatira o te Commodore Matthew C. Perry's Mosquito Fleet i uru ki nga pakanga o Tuxpan, Tabasco, Villahermosa me Veracruz.
He aha? Kaore he whawhai kaipuke-ki- kaipuke i puta ahakoa he maha nga kaipuke kaihokohoko i hopukina, ko te Home Squadron i mahi nui ki nga tauranga takutai o Mexico me nga paparanga pu.