Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: USS yokutanga "Argus, pakutanga ainzi USS "Merrimack, aiva brig muUnited States Navy basa muna 1803. Yakamanikidza Mutemo weEmbargo wa1807 uye yakarwa muFirst Barbary War <unk> ichitora chikamu mukuvharirwa kweTripoli ne
kubatwa kweDerna <unk> uye Hondo ya1812. Mukati mokurwisana kwokupedzisira, akanga ave achirwisa nokushinga ngarava dzokutengesa dzeBritain mumvura dzomumba dzeBritain kwemwedzi, apo vaBritain vakaremerwa vakamubata. Pashure pokurwisana kunotyisa uko kaputeni we"Argus", Master Commandant William Henry Allen, akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa, "Argus" akazvipa apo vashandi ve"Pelican" vakanga vava kuda kukwira.