Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, 1864, "Rhode Island" ya bar New York, kuma bayan 'yan kwanaki, tare da, ya kama dan Birtaniya mai gujewa "Vixen". A ranar 24 ga Disamba "Rhode Island" ya shiga cikin harin da aka yi a Fort Fisher, ya dawo a rana mai zuwa don shiga sojojin daga bakin teku. "Rhode Island" ya ci gaba da aikin toshewa, kuma ya shirya don kai hari na biyu
wanda ya kasance nasara. A ranar farko, Janairu 13, 1865, "Rhode Island" ya yi aiki sosai tare da batir na Confederate, kuma ya sauko da bindigogi ga sojojin a ranar 14th da 15th, lokacin da sansanin ya fadi. A watan Maris an umurci Trenchard ya dauki "Rhode Island" zuwa Belfast, Maine, domin ya tattara maza don Navy, kuma yana can lokacin da yakin ya ƙare a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1865.