Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waNovember 22, 1864, "Rhode Island" yakabva muNew York, uye mazuva mashomanene gare gare, mukambani na, yakabata 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 rokudzivirira, uye yakagadzirira
kurwisa kwechipiri uko kwakabudirira. 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.