Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akaberekerwa muPrincess Anne County, kuVirginia naAnthony Walke naSusan Hatfield Carmichael Walke, uye akatumidzwa kuti Henry Augustus Walke, akasarudza kusashandisa zita rake repakati kana kuti zita rake rokutanga. Akagadzwa kuva midshipman musi waFebruary 1, 1827, uye akaudza basa paGosport Navy Yard, Virginia. Akagamuchira rovedzo yake yomugungwa yokutanga paGosport uye, kubva muna July 1827 kusvika muna November 1828, akafamba muCaribbean mu sloop mukurwisa makororo munharaunda iyoyo. Akaenda kuGungwa reMediterranean pakati paAugust 1829 naNovember 1831. Walke akagamuchira gwaro rake semutungamiri wezvikepe akapfuura musi waJuly 12, 1833, uye, mushure memwedzi inoverengeka yekusiya basa rekugungwa, akaendeswa kubasa pamhenderekedzo paPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard musi waMarch 7, 1834. Pakati paJanuary 1836 naJune 1839, akafamba nePacific Squadron mu 74-gun ship of the line, kunyanya kumadokero kwemahombekombe eSouth America achidzivirira kutengeserana kweAmerica munguva yekusagadzikana kunokonzerwa nehukama hwakagadzikana pakati peUnited States neMexico uye hondo pakati pePeru neChile
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