 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokunge ngarava yavo yadzokera kubasa, vashandi veVermont vakatanga gadziriro dzokuita muitiro wenguva dzose wokurovedza zvombo zvomunguva yechirimo kure neVirginia Capes, asi kurovedza kwacho kwakanzverwa apo mugariro muMexico wakaipa zvikuru. Vermont yakabuda muHampton Roads musi wa 15 April, yakananga kuVeracruz. Ikoko, akabatana nehanzvadzi yake, pre-dreadnought, uye the dreadnoughts uye. Vermont yakapa vakuru gumi navaviri navarume 308 kusimba rokumhara iro rakatora gutakudzivirira kutakurwa kwezvombo kwaiva mungarava yemhepo kuti kusasvika kumudzvinyiriri Victoriano Huerta. Mumwe murume aibva kuVermont akaurayiwa uye vaviri vakawana Medal of Honor: Lieutenant Julius C. Townsend, mutungamiri weboka reVermont, naChiremba Cary DeVall Langhorne, chiremba wechiremba weChipiri cheMarine Regiment. Ngarava yacho yakaramba iri muVeracruz kusvika muna Gumiguru, kunze kwekushanyira Tampico kubva munaGunyana 21 kusvika Gumiguru 10. 