dhamaystir weedha soo socota: markabka waxaa loo diyaarinayay safarkiisa labaad ee badda Mediterranean-ka, wasiirka ciidamada badda ayaa amar ku bixiyay in markabka uu aado Mexico si uu gacan uga geysto bandhigga ciidamada ee xeebta Vera Cruz. Halkaan waxay ahayd markabkii ugu weynaa ee Home Squadron intii u dhaxeysay Febraayo iyo Diseembar 1846, oo ka shaqeynayay Gacanka Mexico intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Mexico iyo Mareykanka ee hoos imaaday amarkii Cmdre. David Conner iyo Kabtan Thomas Dulay. Kabtan French Forrest ayaa markii dambe qaatay taliska markii Dulay uu xanuunsaday. Saraakiisha kale ee caanka ah ee safarkan waxay ahaayeen tartamayaasha dagaalka sokeeye ee mustaqbalka Raphael Semmes iyo John Winslow. Markabku wuxuu kormeeray go'doominta xeebaha bari ee Mexico inta badan dagaalka. Waxay ka qeyb qaadatay dhowr weerar oo la joojiyay oo lagu qaaday dekedaha Mexico, ka hor inta aysan ku dhicin 28 Luulyo xeebta Alvarado. Markabka ayaa la sii daayay waxaana shirkada markabkeedu markii dambe ka qeyb qaadatay duulaan lagu qaaday Tabasco. Xadhigga ayaa dhaawacay iyada oo ku filan si ay ugu qasbaan inay u fariistaan Norfolk dayactirka. Si kastaba ha noqotee, shaqaalaheeda, ayaa dib u degay oo la beddelay maraakiibta shaqaalaha markabka walaalaha ah ee "Raritan", oo badda ku jiray muddo saddex sano ah. Shaqaalihii hore waxay ka qaybgaleen
Go'doominta Veracruz oo qayb ka ah Batariga Badda.