Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Amụrụ na Princess Anne County, Virginia nye Anthony Walke na Susan Hatfield Carmichael Walke, ma kpọọ Henry Augustus Walke, ọ họọrọ ịghara iji aha nke abụọ ya ma ọ bụ nke mbụ ya. A họpụtara ya onye isi ụgbọ mmiri na February 1, 1827, wee kọọ maka ọrụ na Gosport Navy Yard, Virginia. Ọ natara ọzụzụ ụgbọ mmiri mbụ ya na Gosport ma, site na July 1827 ruo November 1828, jiri ụgbọ mmiri na-agagharị na Caribbean na mkpọsa megide ndị na-apụnara mmadụ ihe na mpaghara ahụ. O mere njem gaa n'Oké Osimiri Mediterenian n'agbata August 1829 na November 1831. Walke natara akwụkwọ ikike ya dị ka onye na-agafe agafe na July 12, 1833, na, mgbe ọnwa ole na ole nke ezumike ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri gachara, a kpọfere ya ọrụ na Philadelphia Naval Shipyard na Machị 7, 1834. N'agbata ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 1836 na Juun afọ 1839, o jere ozi n'Oké Osimiri Pacific n'ụgbọ mmiri nwere egbe 74 nke ụgbọ mmiri, nke bụ isi n'akụkụ ụsọ oké osimiri ọdịda anyanwụ nke South America na-echebe azụmahịa ndị America n'oge ọgba aghara nke esemokwu kpatara mmekọrịta dị n'etiti United States na Mexico na United States na United States.
agha dị n'etiti Peru na Chile.