the shortest overland route and, as such, was the decisive action of the Mexican War. Home Squadron, 1848–1854 Vixen conducted clean-up operations with the squadron for the duration of the war. After the ratification of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on 30 May 1848, she joined the Home Squadron and underwent repairs at the Washington Navy Yard in 1850. The gunboat was temporarily decommissioned at Pensacola, Florida, in 1853 after numerous fatal outbreaks of yellow fever swept her and underwent further repairs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1854. Vixen was sold in 1855. Citations References No ISBN Steamships of the United States Navy Gunboats of the United States Navy Mexican–American War ships of the United States 1846 ships