<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wangena ebuthweni lempi njenge-midshipman ngomhlaka-1 kuFebhuwari 1827, waba yi-midshipman, ngo-10 kuJuni 1833, futhi wathunyelwa njengeluthenanthi ngomhlaka-9 kuFebhuwari 1839. Phakathi neMpi YaseMexico wabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kweTabasco, iTampico, neTuxpan, futhi wayekhona ekuweni kweVera Cruz  <response>: . futhi. Ngenxa yesibindi sakhe emzabalazweni wavunyelwa ukuba abe ngumkhuzi wesikebhe, esasibanjwe eTampico ngoNovemba 1846 futhi sathathwa, kodwa sasingahlonyiswanga kahle futhi salahleka esizibeni saseVera Cruz ngo-16 Disemba 1846. Ngesikhathi ekhonza eTabasco ngesikhathi seMpi yaseMexico naseMelika, wanconywa ngokuzikhandla esenzweni nguCommodore Matthew Perry. Wahlala endlini yomkhumbi nomphikisi wakhe kamuva, uRaphael Semmes. La maphoyisa amabili akhonza ndawonye, uSemmes njengeluthenanthi lomkhumbi noWinslow njengomphathi wesigaba. Nokho, laba bobabili abakhulumi ngaleli qiniso ezincwadini zabo zokuphila. 