Ka cika wannan jumla: Da ta koma gida a watan Maris na shekara ta 1801, an umurce ta ta yi shirin yin tafiya a cikin Bahar Rum na shekara guda a cikin rundunar da Kwamandan Richard Dale ke ja-gora. A nasa bukatar, an cire Decatur daga umurnin "Philadelphia" da Kyaftin Samuel Barron. Rundunar ta isa Gibraltar a ranar 1 ga Yuli, tare da Commodore Dale a cikin jirgin ruwa. An umurci "Philadelphia" don yawon shakatawa a cikin Straits kuma ya kewaye bakin teku na Tripoli, tun a watan Mayu 1801 Pasha Yusuf Karamanli ya yi barazanar biyan
ya yi yaƙi da Amurka kuma ya kama jiragen ruwa na Amurka don fansa.