Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ta hanyar hunturu na 1804 <unk> 1805, "Argus" ya canza tsakanin aikin toshewa daga Tripoli da kuma lokuta a tashar jiragen ruwa a Malta da Syracuse. A cikin bazara na 1805, ta shiga cikin daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi shahara a tarihin tarihin Amurka, kama
daga Derna. A cikin watannin da suka gabata, ta yi tafiye-tafiye da yawa zuwa Misira don tallafawa Consul William Eaton kokarin da ya yi na tara mutane don karɓar Derna tare da haɗin gwiwar da aka yi wa pasha. Bayan tafiyar sama da mil 600 (970 km) a cikin Hamadar Libya a cikin abin da yanzu Libya, sojojin polyglot - akwai Amurkawa 10 kawai a cikin dukkan sojojin - sun isa Derna a ranar 25 ga Afrilu, 1805. "Argus" ya sadu da sojojin a rana daya ko biyu a baya a Gulf of Bomba don samar da kayayyaki. Yanzu, ta yi shirye-shirye don samar da taimakon bombardment ga hare-haren da aka kai.