Yakagoverwazve kuNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron, mucherechedzi akasvika paBeaufort, North Carolina, achiperekedzwa nechikepe che sidewheel gunboat, musi wa 15 Zvita 1864, uye akatora chikamu pakurwiswa kweFort Fisher, North Carolina. Mukubatana kwokutanga musi wa24 na25 Zvita, "Canonicus" yakasungwa pamatanho kubva uye yakapfura 144 maronda, Lieutenant Commander George Belknap achitaura kuti abvisa zvombo zviviri zveConfederate. Ngarava yacho yakarohwa kanokwana kana, asi haina kurasikirwa noupenyu kana kukuvadzwa kwakakomba. Pana 13<unk>15 January 1865, mukati mokurwiswa kwechipiri
, "Canonicus" akapfura magirinedhi 279 paimba yacho, akawanda pazuva rokutanga, zvakare achitaura kuti akanga abvisa zvombo zviviri. Rakarohwa kanokwana ka38 asi rakangokuvadzwa zvishoma, uye vashandi vatatu vakakuvadzwa. Mureza wechikepe wakapfurwa kaviri ndokutsiviwa nguva imwe neimwe naQuartermaster Daniel D. Stevens. Stevens gare gare akapiwa Medal of Honor nokuda kwezviito zvake.