 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akasimudzirwa kuva tenzi musi wa 2 April 1852 uye ipapo kuva Lieutenant musi wa 6 January 1853. Kubva muna 1857 kusvika muna 1859, akashanda semukuru mukuru wechikwata chechikepe chehondo cheSloop-of-War pavaiva muchikepe cheU.S. Navys Africa Squadron. Muna April 1862, Harrison akarayira chikepe chehondo paHondo yeForts Jackson neSt. Philip, vachitungamirira mutsetse wehondo kupfuura nhare ndokukwira Rwizi rweMississippi kuenda kuNew Orleans. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Commander musi wa 16 Chikunguru 1862. Gare gare akarayira chikepe chemapurisa muJames River Flotilla, frigate muNorth Atlantic Blockading Squadron uye ngarava dzakasiyana-siyana muSouth Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Pashure pokuwa kweCharleston muna 1865, akashanda paPortsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. 