Radford waxaa lagu amray in uu la soo xiriiro Admiral John Dahlgren oo jooga Philadelphia si uu u noqdo taliyaha markabka gaashaaman Markii uu yimid waxaa la ogaaday in markabku u baahan yahay dayactir sidaa darteed Radford waa la fududeeyay waxaana lagu amray in uu u gudbiyo Guddiga Badda ee Washington, D.C. bishii Luulyo 1864. Waxaa dib loogu celiyay "New Ironsides" bishii Febraayo, wuxuuna ku biiray Waqooyiga Atlantic Blockading Squadron ee Hampton Roads. Admiral David Porter ayaa iskugu yimid ciidan si ay u weeraraan Fort Fisher si ay u xakameeyaan Cape Fear River. Wuxuu Radford u magacaabay in uu taliyo qeybta Ironclad, oo ka kooban "New Ironsides",,,, iyo inta lagu guda jiro
weeraradii lagu qaaday Fort Fisher December 1864 iyo January 1865. David Porter wuxuu ku ammaanay taageerada Radford ee ciidamada Midowga ee xeebta iyo sideed xubnood oo ka tirsan shaqaalihiisa ayaa la siiyay Bilada Sharafta.