Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An sake sanya shi zuwa Arewacin Atlantic Blockading Squadron, mai kula ya isa Beaufort, North Carolina, tare da gunboat na gefe, a ranar 15 ga Disamba, 1864, kuma ya shiga cikin hare-haren Fort Fisher, North Carolina. A cikin farko da aka yi a ranar 24 zuwa 25 ga watan Disamba, "Canonicus" ya sauka a nesa daga kuma ya yi harbi 144 zagaye, Lieutenant Commander George Belknap ya yi ikirarin cewa ya kashe bindigogi biyu na Confederate. An buga jirgin sau hudu, amma bai sha wahala ba kuma ba a lalace ba. A ranar 13 zuwa 15 ga Janairu, 1865, a lokacin
a karo na biyu, "Canonicus" ya harbe bindigogi 279 a sansanin, mafi yawa a rana ta farko, kuma ya sake da'awar cewa ya sauke bindigogi biyu. An buga shi a kalla sau 38 a cikin martani amma an lalace shi kawai, kuma ma'aikata uku sun ji rauni. An harbe tutar jirgin sau biyu kuma an maye gurbin kowane lokaci da Quartermaster Daniel D. Stevens. Daga baya aka ba Stevens lambar yabo ta girmamawa don ayyukansa.