Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te mahi nui anake i whakahaerehia e te Atlantic Blockading Squadron ko te haerenga i arahi ki te hopu
o Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina Akuhata 26 ki te 29, 1861. Ko te whāinga o te mahi ko te whakakore i te whakamahinga o te tomokanga ki te kaipuke Confederate, a ka tutuki tenei me te torutoru o nga mate. He mea nui ano hoki te mahi mo te whakawhiwhi i te Union i te wikitoria e tino hiahiatia ana i muri i te Pakanga o Bull Run, ko te taunga tuatahi o te amphibious me te tuatahi o te ope taua nui o te ope taua.