 She arrived in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on the 17th and was soon dispatched to blockade duty off the Carolinas.On "1 November", she brought help and stood by during the rescue of a United States Marine Corps battalion and the ship's company of the chartered steamer "Governor" which soon thereafter sank in a heavy gale off the southern Atlantic coast.Later that month, she returned to Hampton Roads and blockaded the mouth of the York River.