Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Clearing Portsmouth, i te 6 o Oketopa, ka uru ia ki te North Atlantic Blockading Squadron ka rere i te takutai o North Carolina, tae noa ki te 26 o Hanuere 1865. I uru a "Colorado" ki te whakaeke me te hopu i a Fort Fisher
mai i te 13 ki te 15 o Hanuere. E ono nga wa i patua ai ia e te pupuhi a te hoariri i mate ai tetahi tangata, i whara ai tokorua.