Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1846, an sanya shi zuwa USS "Mississippi", babban jirgin ruwa na West Indian Squadron da ke aiki a karkashin Commodore Matthew C. Perry. A lokacin Yakin Mexico da Amurka, ya shiga cikin balaguro a kan Alvarado, Tampico, Pánuco, da Laguna de Términos, duk sun yi nasara wajen tsaurara ikon Amurka kan gabar tekun Mexico da kuma katse kasuwancin gabar teku da ayyukan samar da sojoji. Jirgin ya koma Norfolk don gyarawa a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1847, inda aka ba Anderson mukamin Laftanar. Sai Mississippi ya koma yaƙi, ya isa Veracruz a ranar 21 ga Maris, 1847, yana dauke da Perry don ya jagoranci rundunar jiragen ruwa na Amurka. Nan da nan ita da mutanenta suka shiga ayyukan amphibious a kan Veracruz
, samar da bindigogi da ma'aikatansu don a kai su bakin teku don baturi wanda ya yi yaƙi da birnin don mika wuya a cikin kwanaki hudu. Ta hanyar sauran yakin, "Mississippi" ya ba da bindigogi, maza, da jiragen ruwa zuwa jerin hare-haren bakin teku a gabashin Mexico, suna shiga cikin kama Tabasco a watan Yunin 1847.