Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Mgbe ọ lọtara n'obodo ya na March 1801, e nyere ya iwu ka ọ kwadebe maka njem ụgbọ mmiri ga-ewe ya otu afọ n'Oké Osimiri Mediterenian, bụ́ nke ọ ga-eso n'ìgwè ndị agha nke Commodore Richard Dale na-edu. N'arịrịọ nke aka ya, Captain Samuel Barron wepụrụ Decatur n'ọchịchị nke "Philadelphia". Ndị agha ahụ rutere Gibraltar na July 1, ya na Commodore Dale nọ n'ụgbọ mmiri. A gwara "Philadelphia" ka ọ gafee Straits ma gbochie ụsọ oké osimiri nke Tripoli, ebe ọ bụ na n'ọnwa Mee 1801 Pasha Yusuf Karamanli yiri egwu ịkwụ ụgwọ
agha na United States ma jichie ụgbọ mmiri ndị ahịa nke United States maka ihe mgbapụta.