Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Wuxuu ku dhashay Boston, Massachusetts, Porter wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay dagaalkii loo yaqaanay Quasi-War ee Faransiiska markii ugu horreysay isagoo ahaa mid midka markabka, isagoo ka qeyb qaatay qabsashada "L'Insurgente" Febraayo 9, 1799; ka dibna wuxuu ahaa taliye koowaad ee; ugu dambayntiina wuxuu ahaa taliyaha USS "Amphitheatre". Intii lagu guda jiray
Dagaalkii koowaad ee Barbary (1801<unk>07), Porter wuxuu ahaa taliye koowaad ee,, iyo, waxaana la qabtay markii kii dambe uu ku dhacay dekedda Tripoli 31kii Oktoobar, 1803. Kadib markii la sii daayay Juun 3, 1805, wuxuu ku sii jiray badda Mediterranean-ka isagoo ahaa kabtanka ku meel gaarka ah iyo kabtanka dambe ee "Enterprise".