 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna June 1905, kumukira muSamar kwakava kwakakomba kwazvo zvokuti nhamburiko dzokudzvinyirira dzakaiswa pasi pokudzora kweU.S. Army. Paragua nedzimwe ngarava shanu dzaiva nezvombo zvokupfura dzakarayirwa kuenda kuSamar kunobatira pamwe naGeneral William H. Carter. Zvikepe zvehondo zvaiperekedza zvikepe zviviri zvematani makumi matanhatu, zvine zvombo zvepfuti dzeMark 6 dzepfuti imwe chete uye zvombo zveColt. Aimbova Midshipman Reed aitungamirira imwe yengarava dzomumvura dzaifamba nomumipata miduku yaiva kumhenderekedzo yokumadokero kweSamar yaisagona kufamba nengarava dzomumvura dzakakura. Mumushumo womutambo wekota nokuda kwaMidshipman Reed akapfuura uyo Ensign Kerrick akapedza ndokutumira kuU.S. Naval Academy, akanyora kuti, Mukuru we60 ton steam launch pa patrol kwemavhiki maviri uye akaita basa rakaisvonaka. Zvakare neboka rokumhara richibetsera Hondo muJolo. Akadudzwa nomukuru mukuru weboka racho mumushumo wake nokuda kwokushivirira kwake uye kurangarira zvakanaka pamutsetse wokupfura. Major General Wood akarumbidza Kerrick neParagua, achinyora mumushumo wake kuti: igwa rinotakura zvombo rinobatira pamwe zvikuru nemauto epanyika uye rinopa betsero inokosha, kwete bedzi mukutakura mauto, asi mukutenderera mhenderekedzo yegungwa, uye nokudaro kubetsera mukutora nzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana. Izvi zvakaitika mavhiki maviri Hondo yeTsushima isati yaitikaumo uto rehondo reJapan rakaparadza ngarava dzeRussia dzokuFar East ndokusimbisa Umambo hweJapan sesimba renyika rinofanira kurangarirwa, kuchinjisa mwero wesimba muPacific. Izvi zvakazopedzisira zvaita kuti Japan itye hondo ya1906-07 iyo yakazoita kuti yakawanda yenguruve dziparadzwe pakati pa1906 kweanopfuura gore uye kudzoka kwevakuru vayo kuzvikepe zvakakura zveAsia Fleet. 