https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_expedition_to_Korea
Attempting to open trade with Korea. It did not work.
A similar, but peaceful show of force had worked with Japan in 1853.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/opening-to-japan
In 1944, that devastating storm that would destroy many parts of the Normandy Mulberry ports was brewing out in the NW Atlantic ....