 David Farragut 18011870 aiva mukuru wemauto akaona hondo yokutanga munguva yeHondo ya1812 pazera remakore 9. Akashanda muUSS Essex uye akabatwa navaBritish. Pashure pehondo, Farragut akarwa nemakororo muWest Indies ari mungarava USS Ferret, kutonga kwake kwekutanga kwechikepe cheUnited States Navy. Akarwawo muhondo yeMexico neAmerica uye akatarisira kuvakwa kweMare Island Naval Shipyard muSan Francisco. Kunyange zvazvo Farragut nomudzimai wake vaiva vokuSouth, vakaramba vakavimbika kuUnited States muHondo yeVanhu. Kubudirira kwake mukutora New Orleanskwakaguma nokufarwa kwaFarragut nezita idzva rakagadzirwa neNavy, rear admiral. Akaramba achibudirira zvikuru mukukunda mauto eConfederate, zvikurukuru paHondo yeMobile Bay, apo akataura mashoko ake akakurumbira, Damn the torpedoes! Nhanho yose mberi! Pashure pehondo, Mutungamiri Andrew Johnson akasimudzira Farragut kuva mukuru mukuru wengarava, mukuru mukuru wengarava wokutanga weUnited States kugamuchira zita racho. 