immediately after the battle, du pont ordered "augusta" to sail for savannah. she arrived off that port that same day, and reestablished the blockade which had been open since 1 november, when the hurricane had blown and out to sea. at the end of the second week of november, she accompanied on a reconnaissance of tybee island, which guarded the entrance to savannah harbor and found it to be abandoned. on 18 november, she reconnoitered wassau sound and reported that it must be covered if the blockade of savannah were to be effective. finally on the last day of november, "augusta" aided "savannah", "flag", , , and in taking "e. j. waterman" after she ran aground on tybee island.