<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Sezvo ngarava yacho yakanga ichigadzirirwa rwendo rwechipiri rwokuenda kuMediterranean, Munyori weNavy akarayira ngarava kuenda kuMexico kunobatsira mukuratidzwa kwesimba pamhenderekedzo yeVera Cruz. Pano iye aiva mureza weHome Squadron pakati paFebruary naDecember 1846, achishumira muGulf of Mexico munguva yeMexico-American War pasi pekutungamirirwa kweCmdre. David Conner naKaputeni Thomas Dulay. Kaputeni French Forrest gare gare akatora murairo apo Dulay akarwara. Vamwe vakuru vakuru vakakurumbira vaiva muchikepe ichi vaiva Raphael Semmes naJohn Winslow. Ngarava yacho yakatarisira kuvharirwa kwemhenderekedzo yokumabvazuva kweMexico kwechikamu chikuru chehondo. Akabatanidzwa mukurwiswa kwakasiyana-siyana kwakavhiringidzwa pamhenderekedzo dzeMexico, asati asvika pamhenderekedzo yeAlvarado musi wa 28 Chikunguru. Ngarava yacho yakasunungurwa uye boka rengarava yake rakazotora chikamu mukurwiswa kweTabasco. Kurambidzwa kufamba kwakakuvadza zvikuru zvokuti kwakamanikidzira kuenda kuNorfolk kunogadziriswa. Zvisinei, vashandi vayo, vakasara uye vakatsinhanisa ngarava nevashandi veimwe ngarava yainzi Raritan, iyo yakanga yave iri mugungwa kwemakore matatu. Chikwata chekare chakapinda muKukombwa kweVeracruz  <response>: sorutivi rwebhatiri reNaval. 