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The ship was used on an embassy to Japan again in [[1854]]-[[1855]], as part of a small fleet commanded by [[Commodore Matthew Perry]]. At least two members of the ''Vincennes'' crew died while on that embassy: John Williams and John Miller, both of whom died in 1854 and were buried in the [[Tomari International Cemetery]] in [[Naha]], on the island of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]].<ref>Graves and plaques on-site at [[Tomari International Cemetery]].</ref>

The ship was used on an embassy to Japan again in [[1854]]-[[1855]], as part of a small fleet commanded by [[Commodore Matthew Perry]]. At least two members of the ''Vincennes'' crew died while on that embassy: John Williams and John Miller, both of whom died in 1854 and were buried in the [[Tomari International Cemetery]] in [[Naha]], on the island of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]].<ref>Graves and plaques on-site at [[Tomari International Cemetery]].</ref>

Commodore John Rodgers of the US North Pacific Surveying Expedition sailed to Japan once more aboard the ''Vincennes'' in [[1855]], arriving in [[Shimoda]] harbor on 3/27. On 3/29 and again on 4/11, Rodgers met with [[Tokugawa shogunate]] officials aboard the ''Vincennes''.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 37-38, 45.</ref>

Commodore John Rodgers of the US North Pacific Surveying Expedition sailed to Japan once more aboard the ''Vincennes'' in [[1855]], arriving in [[Shimoda]] harbor on 3/27. On 3/29 and again on 4/11, Rodgers met with [[Tokugawa shogunate]] officials aboard the ''Vincennes''.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 37-38, 45.</ref> Several days later, on 4/13, members of the crew went ashore at Shirahama (on the Izu peninsula) and surveyed the area before departing.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 47.</ref>

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