Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E kenyere ya na North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, onye nlekota ahụ rutere na Beaufort, North Carolina, ya na ụgbọ mmiri na-agba ọsọ n'akụkụ, na 15 Disemba 1864, ma sonye na mwakpo na Fort Fisher, North Carolina. N'agha nke mbụ na 24/25 Disemba, "Canonicus" kwụsịrị n'ebe dị anya ma gbaa egbe 144 gburugburu, Lieutenant Commander George Belknap na-ekwu na ọ kwụsịrị egbe abụọ Confederate. Ụgbọ mmiri ahụ kụrụ ugboro anọ, mana enweghi ndị nwụrụ anwụ ma ọ bụ nnukwu mmebi. N'ụbọchị 13 ruo 15 nke ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 1865, n'oge
Na mwakpo nke abụọ, "Canonicus" gbara egbe egbe 279 n'ebe ahụ e wusiri ike, ọtụtụ n'ime ha n'ụbọchị mbụ, ọzọkwa na-azọrọ na ha ebupụla egbe abụọ. A kụrụ ya ihe dị ka ugboro iri atọ na asatọ mana ọ bụ naanị obere ihe merụrụ ya, mmadụ atọ n'ime ndị ọrụ ya merụrụ ahụ. A gbapụrụ ọkọlọtọ ụgbọ mmiri ugboro abụọ ma dochie ya oge ọ bụla site n'aka Quartermaster Daniel D. Stevens. E mechara nye Stevens ihe nrite nke nsọpụrụ maka omume ya.