sentences:  On 3 September, she was ordered to Hampton Roads; and she subsequently was given a thorough overhaul at the Norfolk Navy Yard and at Baltimore, Maryland.When she was ready for service again, the tug was based at Newport News from which she operated on the James and York rivers and their tributaries supporting ground operations.On 1 May 1864, she and operated in the Pamunkey River protecting Union troops who had earlier in the day occupied West Point, Virginia.