Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hoki ia ki Norfolk, Virginia, ki te hanga i nga whakatika, a kei reira tonu ia i te wa i
i tū mai ngā rerenga rerenga ki Veracruz. Na tana hokinga mai ki te US i whai waahi ai ona rangatira ki te tuku whakahau ki a ia kia whai i a Commodore Conner hei rangatira mo te Home Squadron. I hoki a Perry ki te kaipuke, a ko tana kaipuke i tautoko i te whakapae o Veracruz mai i te moana. Whai muri i te hinganga o Veracruz, ka neke a Winfield Scott ki roto, ka neke a Perry ki nga taone tauranga o Mexico i toe. I whakakotahi a Perry i te Moana Mosquito ka hopu i a Tuxpan i te Paenga-whāwhā 1847. I te Hōngongoi 1847 i whakaekea e ia a Tabasco, i arahi ia i te ope whenua 1,173 tangata ki uta ka whakaeke i te taone nui o San Juan Bautista mai i te whenua, ka hinga i nga ope Mexico ka tango i te taone nui.