The American Naval Fighting Ships, vol. VI (1970) lists the various assignments of the Supply. After its participation in the Mexican War and its use by Lynch for the expedition to explore the Dead Sea, the Supply was used to transport the American consul to Tripoli and carry supplies to the American squadron in the Mediterranean. It sailed for California in response to the gold strike of 1849 and two years later served as a stores ship in Commodore Perry's expedition to open Japan to foreign contact and trade. After returning to the U.S. in 1855, it was sent back to the Mediterranean to obtain camels for experimental use by the army in the desert of the American southwest. Two trips were made for camels and their tenders. The Supply sailed to South America and Africa and served in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico until the outbreak of the Civil War. After service in the Civil War that even included the capture of the schooner Steven Hart carrying arms and ammunition south of Sarasota, Florida, the vessel served in the Brazil Squadron and in the Far East. The ship's remaining years of service mainly involved trips to Europe, including trips to carry supplies to French citizens left destitute after the Franco-Prussian war and to carry exhibits to both the Vienna Exposition and the Paris Exposition. The ship was decommissioned at New York of 23 April, 1878. She was towed to Philadelphia and sold in May 1884 to M. H. Gregory of Great Neck, Long Island.
