USS Peacock (1828)
Peacock returned to New York in October 1827 to be decommissioned, broken up and rebuilt in 1828 for a planned expedition of exploration. Her size and configuration stayed about the same, but her guns were reduced to ten: eight long 24-pounders and two long 9-pounders. When plans for the exploratory voyage stalled in Congress, she re-entered regular service in the West Indies from 1829-31. Following refit, both Peacock and the newly-commissioned Boxer, a 10-gun schooner, were order to fulfill the mission of the first Sumatran Expedition, should the U. S. ship-of-war Potomac have failed. The two were also charged with diplomatic missions. Boxer left Boston Harbor about the middle of February, 1832, with orders to proceed to Liberia and from thence to join the Peacock off the coast of Brazil, Peacock departing 8 March 1832 under Commander David Geisinger.
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