<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo - 1846, wabelwa e - USS Mississippi, umkhumbi - mkhulu we - West Indian Squadron ekhonza ngaphansi kuka - Commodore Matthew C. Perry. Phakathi neMpi yaseMexico naseMelika, wabamba iqhaza ekuhambeni kwe-Alvarado, iTampico, iPánuco, neLaguna de Términos, konke okuphumelelayo ekuqiniseni ukulawula kweMelika ogwini lwaseMexico futhi kuphazamisa ukuhweba ngasogwini kanye nemisebenzi yokuhlinzekwa kwezempi. Lo mkhumbi wabuyela eNorfolk ukuze ulungiswe ngoJanuwari 1, 1847, lapho u-Anderson akhushulelwa khona esikhundleni sokuba ngu-lieutenant. UMississippi wabe esebuyela empini, wafika eVeracruz ngomhlaka 21 Mashi 1847, ethwele uPerry ukuba athathe umyalo wamasosha aseMelika. Ngaso leso sikhathi yena namadoda akhe bagxumela ezimpini zasolwandle ezihlasela iVeracruz  <response>: , ukuhlinzeka ngezibhamu nezisebenzi zazo ukuba ziyiswe ogwini ibhethri elalwa nedolobha ukuze lizinikele ezinsukwini ezine. Phakathi nenkathi eyasala yempi, i-Mississippi yanikela ngezibhamu, amadoda, nezikebhe ochungechungeni lwama-coastal raids ogwini olusempumalanga yeMexico, iqhaza ekuthatheni iTabasco ngoJuni 1847. 