Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiri musi wa 24 April 1828, uye kuva kaputeni musi wa 28 February 1838. Akapiwa basa rokutungamirira ngarava yainzi frigate parwendo rwayo rwokutanga rwokuGungwa reMediterranean muna 1842. Muna Zvita 1843, Voorhees akabatana neCommodore Daniel Turner's Brazil Squadron ichivharira Montevideo mukuchengetedza kutengeserana kweUS panguva yeUruguayan Civil War
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