Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Markii ay ku soo laabatay gurigeeda bishii Maarso 1801, waxaa lagu amray inay u diyaar garowdo safar sannadle ah oo ay ku tagto badda Mediterranean-ka iyada oo qayb ka ah kooxdii uu hoggaaminayay 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 in ay maraan kana go'doomiyaan xeebta Tripoli, maadaama bishii May 1801 Pasha Yusuf Karamanli uu ku hanjabay in uu mushaar siin doono
waxay qabsadeen maraakiibta ganacsiga Mareykanka si ay lacag ugu soo celiyaan.