Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waNovember 22, 1864, "Rhode Island" yakabva muNew York, uye mazuva mashomanana gare gare, mukambani na, vakabata muBritish blockade-runner "Vixen". Pana December 24 "Rhode Island" yakabatanidzwa mukurwisa kwakakundikana paFort Fisher, ichidzoka zuva rakatevera kuti iise mauto kubva pamhenderekedzo. "Rhode Island" yakatangazve basa rokuvhara, uye yakagadzirira kurwisa kwechipiri
rakanga rakabudirira. Pazuva rokutanga, January 13, 1865, "Rhode Island" yakanga yakanyatsobatanidzwa nemabhatiri eConfederate, uye yakaburitsa zvombo zvehondo zveuto musi wa14 na15, apo nhare yakawa. Muna March Trenchard akarayirwa kuti atore "Rhode Island" kuenda kuBelfast, Maine, kuitira kuti atore varume veNavy, uye akanga aripo apo hondo yakapera muna April 1865.