Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An nada shi a matsayin mai kula da shekaru 21 a ranar 28 ga Afrilu 1800. Dan'uwansa Robert Livingston kuma ya yi aiki a cikin Navy na Amurka a matsayin likitan likitanci a kan jirgin ruwa a lokacin yakin 1812. Sauran ɗan'uwansa, Herman, ya kasance mai kula da jirgin USS Wasp da USS Peacock. Jonathon Thorn ya yi aiki a cikin Navy a lokacin Tripolitan War
, kuma sun ba da kansu don shiga cikin haɗari mai haɗari don halakar da jirgin ruwa mai suna "Philadelphia", wanda aka kama a ƙarƙashin bindigogi na tashar jiragen ruwa na Tripoli. A ranar 16 ga Fabrairu, 1804, Laftanar Stephen Decatur ya jagoranci ƙungiyar waɗannan masu sa kai a cikin ketch "Intrepid" a cikin Tripoli kuma ya ƙone jirgin Amurka don kada abokan gaba su yi amfani da shi.