Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Na farko USS "Argus, wanda aka fara suna USS "Merrimack, ya kasance brig a cikin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa na Amurka da aka ba da izini a 1803. Ta aiwatar da Dokar Embargo ta 1807 kuma ta yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Barbary na Farko <unk> shiga cikin toshewar Tripoli da kama
na Derna <unk> da kuma War of 1812. A lokacin rikici na karshe, ta kasance da ƙarfin hali ta mamaye jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya a cikin ruwa na Birtaniya na tsawon wata daya, lokacin da Birtaniya suka kama ta. Bayan gwagwarmayar da aka yi a lokacin da kyaftin din "Argus", Master Commandant William Henry Allen, ya ji rauni, "Argus" ya mika wuya lokacin da ma'aikatan "Pelican" ke shirin shiga jirgi.