David Porter was named to the rank of commodore.

The younger David was one of 10 children, including six boys. His youngest brother Thomas died of yellow fever at the age of ten, contracted when traveling with his father for the Mexican Navy. The surviving five sons all became officers, four in the U.S. Navy:
*William
*David Dixon, became the second man promoted to rank of admiral.
*Hambleton, died of yellow fever while a passed midshipman.
*Henry