Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Navy yakaita basa mumabasa maviri makuru eMexicoan-American War (1845-1848); panguva ye
Hondo yeVeracruz, yakatakura mauto ekupinda akabata Veracruz nekumhara mauto e12,000 nemidziyo yavo muzuva rimwe chete, zvichitungamira pakupedzisira mukutora kweMexico City, uye kupera kwehondo. Ngarava dzayo dzePacific Squadron dzakabetsera kubata California.