Ku soo noqo guriga bishii Maarso 1801, waxaa lagu amray inay isu diyaariso safar sannadle ah oo ay ku tagto badda Mediterranean-ka iyada oo ka mid ah kooxda uu hoggaaminayo Commodore Richard Dale. Codsigiisa awgiis, Decatur waxaa laga saaray amarkii "Philadelphia" Kabtan Samuel Barron. Ciidanka ayaa Gibraltar soo gaaray 1-dii Luulyo, iyadoo Commodore Dale uu saarnaa markabka. "Philadelphia" waxaa lagu amray inay maraan kana hortagto xeebta Tripoli, maadaama bishii May 1801 uu Pasha Yusuf Karamanli ku hanjabay inuu dagaal bilaabi doono
waxayna qabsadeen maraakiibta ganacsiga Mareykanka si ay ugu soo qaataan lacag madax furasho ah.