Kammala wannan jumla: "Flirt" ya tashi daga Baltimore a ranar 15 ga Disamba 1839 a matsayin babban jirgin ruwa na karamin jirgin ruwa. Bisa ga Key West sun yi aiki a bakin tekun Florida a lokacin da aka dakatar da
Tashin hankali na Indiya. Forceungiyar ta hana Indiyawa karɓar bindigogi da kayayyaki daga Cuba da Bermuda, kuma sun shirya balaguro zuwa Everglades don kare rayukan mazauna da dukiyoyinsu. Lokacin da aka rushe rundunar a 1842, an umurci "Flirt" zuwa arewa, ya isa Hampton Roads a ranar 19 ga Yuli.