Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: i runga, i whakahaua a Radford kia whakaatu ki a Rear Admiral John Dahlgren i Philadelphia mo te whakahau i te kaipuke taiepa. I te taenga mai i whakatauhia ko te kaipuke e hiahia ana ki te whakatika na ka tukuna a Radford ka whakahaua ki te Poari Moana i Washington, DC i te Hurae 1864. I whakahoutia ia ki "New Ironsides" i runga i te, ka uru atu ki te North Atlantic Blockading Squadron i Hampton Roads. I whakakao a Rear Admiral David Porter i tetahi kaipuke ki te whakaeke i Fort Fisher mo te mana o Cape Fear River. I whakanohoia e ia a Radford hei rangatira mo te Wahanga Ironclad, kei roto ko te "New Ironsides",,,, a i te wa o
ngā whakaeke ki Fort Fisher i te Hakihea 1864 me te Hanuere 1865. I whakamoemiti a David Porter ki te tautoko a Radford mo nga ope a te Uniana i te takutai, a, e waru nga mema o tana roopu i whakawhiwhia ki te Tohu Tohu.