Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Joseph Boyd ya shiga cikin Navy 4 Afrilu 1803 a matsayin mai kula. A ranar 16 ga Fabrairun 1804 ya shiga cikin tafiyar Stephen Decatur zuwa tashar Tripoli a lokacin yakin basasa.
Yaƙin Barbary na Farko wanda ya ƙone bayan kama shi da Tripolitanians. Boyd daga baya ya zama mai clerk.