Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An gina John Adams na farko a 1799 a matsayin jirgin ruwa na Amurka, wanda aka canza shi zuwa wani jirgin ruwa a 1809, kuma daga bisani ya sake canzawa zuwa jirgin ruwa a 1830. An kira shi ga Shugaba John Adams, ya yi yaƙi a cikin Quasi-War, na farko
da Yaƙe-yaƙe na Barbary na biyu, Yaƙin 1812, Yaƙin Mexico da Amurka da Yaƙin Basasa na Amurka. A ƙarshen aikinta, ta shiga cikin Union blockade na tashar jiragen ruwa na Kudancin Carolina. Daga nan sai ta shiga cikin harin da aka yi a Combahee Ferry cewa Harriet Tubman, tsohon bawan da kuma kungiyar tarayyar, ya shirya tare da Union Colonel Montgomery. "John Adams" ya jagoranci jiragen ruwa guda uku masu amfani da tururi zuwa Kogin Harbor zuwa Port Royal. Sojojin sun dogara ga masu baƙar fata na gida don jagorantar ta ta hanyar ma'adinai da kuma ƙarfafawa. Rundunar ta 'yantar da bayi fiye da 750 kuma ta damu da Ƙungiyar. Tubman ita ce mace ta farko a tarihin Amurka da ta tsara kuma ta aiwatar da wani balaguro mai dauke da makamai.