<prompt> Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Muna 1846, akaendeswa kuUSS Mississippi, ngarava huru yeWest Indian Squadron yaishumira ichitungamirirwa naCommodore Matthew C. Perry. Munguva yeHondo yeMexico neAmerica, akatora chikamu mukushanyira Alvarado, Tampico, Pánuco, uye Laguna de Términos, vese vakabudirira mukusimbisa kutonga kweAmerica pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yeMexico uye kuvhiringidza kutengeserana kwemahombekombe uye mabasa ehondo. Ngarava yakadzokera kuNorfolk kunogadziriswa musi wa1 Ndira 1847, uko Anderson akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant. Mississippi akabva adzokera kuhondo, achisvika kuVeracruz musi wa21 Kurume 1847, achitakura Perry kuti atore kutungamira kwechikepe cheAmerica. Pakarepo iye navarume vake vakanyura mu  <response>: mabasa amphibious pamusoro Veracruz, kugovera pfuti uye vashandi vavo kutorwa kumhenderekedzo nokuda bhatiri iyo vakarwa guta kuzviisa mumazuva mana. Munguva yose yakasara yehondo, Mississippi yakapa pfuti, varume, uye zvikepe kune imwe nhevedzano yekurwiswa kwepamhenderekedzo yegungwa kumahombekombe ekumabvazuva kweMexico, kutora chikamu mukubatwa kweTabasco muna June 1847. 