Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Da ya dawo gida a watan Maris na 1801, an umurce shi da ya shirya don tafiya shekara guda a cikin Bahar Rum a cikin rundunar da Commodore Richard Dale ya umurta. 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" da ya yi tafiya a cikin Straits kuma ya kewaye bakin teku na Tripoli, tun a watan Mayu 1801 Pasha Yusuf Karamanli ya yi barazanar yakin
a kan Amurka kuma sun kama jiragen ruwa na Amurka don fansa.