Dhamaystiro weedha soo socota: Duncan Mansfield wuxuu ku dhashay Febraayo 1778 magaalada Albany, New York. Wuxuu ku biiray Ciidanka Badda Mareykanka ee Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11kii Agoosto 1798 wuxuuna u adeegay illaa 1805. Intii uu ku shaqaynayay markabka inta lagu guda jiray
Dagaalkii ugu horeeyay ee Barbary, Sargeant Mansfield wuxuu iskaa wax u qabso ugu sameeyay safarkii jarista ee uu hogaaminayay Lt. Stephen Decatur, Jr., 16 Febraayo 1804. Lieutenant Decatur iyo 84-ka nin ee shaqaalihiisa ahaa ayaa doonta ketch, oo loo duubay sida markab carab ah, waxay u dhoofeen Tripoli Harbor si ay u burburiyaan maraakiibta Maraykanka ee dhowaan la qabsaday oo ay uga hortagaan in loo adeegsado Mareykanka.