<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Njengoba umkhumbi wawulungiselelwa uhambo lwesibili oluya eMedithera, uNobhala Wezasolwandle wayala umkhumbi ukuba uye eMexico ukuze uyosiza ekuboniseni amandla ogwini lwaseVera Cruz. Lapha wayeyisikhulu se-Home Squadron phakathi kukaFebhuwari noDisemba 1846, esebenza eGulf of Mexico ngesikhathi seMpi yaseMexico-American ngaphansi komyalo kaCmdre. UDavid Conner noKaputeni Thomas Dulay. UCaptain French Forrest kamuva wathatha izintambo lapho uDulay egula. Amanye amaphoyisa aphawulekayo kulolu hambo kwakungabaphikisi beMpi Yombango uRaphael Semmes noJohn Winslow. Lo mkhumbi waqondisa ukuvinjezelwa kogu olusempumalanga yeMexico isikhathi esiningi sempi. Wabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni okuphuthunyiswe eziningana emachwebeni aseMexico, ngaphambi kokushona ngoJulayi 28 ogwini lwase-Alvarado. Umkhumbi wakhululwa futhi inkampani yomkhumbi wayo kamuva yabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kweTabasco. Ukuvalelwa phansi kwamlimaza ngokwanele ukuba amphoqe ukuba athathe umhlalaphansi eNorfolk ukuze alungiswe. Nokho, iqembu lakhe lahlala futhi lashintshana ngemikhumbi neqembu lomkhumbi-mshayeli iRaritan, okwase kuphele iminyaka emithathu usolwandle. Iqembu elidala lahlanganyela ekuvinjezelweni kweVeracruz  <response>: njengengxenye yebhethri lasolwandle. 