Mexican-American War Operations
Congress was recommissioned on 15 September 1845, as flagship of Cmdre. Robert F. Stockton and sailed for the Pacific Ocean in late October. After landing the U.S. Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands at Honolulu, Hawaii on 10 June, she proceeded to Monterey Bay where she joined the Pacific Squadron. Capt. Elie A. F. La Vallette assumed command on 20 July employing her along the west coast during the Mexican-American War.
Large detachments of her crew participated in battles on Rio San Gabriel and the plains of La Mesa, and in the occupation of Los Angeles. She assisted in the bombardment and capture of Guaymas in October 1847, and in November furnished a detachment which aided in the occupation of Mazatlán. On 23 August 1848, she departed La Paz, Baja California Sur for Norfolk, Virginia, arriving the following January to be placed in ordinary.
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