In August 1829, the ship cruised to the Mediterranean to watch over American shipping and to collect indemnities from previous losses suffered by U.S. merchantmen. While en route to station, it carried the American ministers to France and the United Kingdom to their posts of duty. Returning to the United States in November 1831, it underwent minor repairs and departed again for the Mediterranean in April 1832 where it remained until an outbreak of cholera forced it to sail for home in November 1834.