▁the ▁mouth ▁of ▁Occ o qu an ▁Creek ▁and ▁began ▁almost ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁operations ▁in ▁the ▁roughly ▁parallel ▁rivers ▁which ▁d rain ▁t ide water ▁Virginia ▁and ▁empty ▁into ▁the ▁Ch es ape ake ▁Bay . ▁ ▁Sat ellite ▁fired ▁upon , ▁returns ▁fire ▁▁▁ ▁Her ▁first ▁action ▁came ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁September ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁fired ▁upon ▁by ▁a ▁Confeder ate ▁battery ▁at ▁Fre estone ▁Point ; ▁but , ▁during ▁the ▁action , ▁she ▁suffered ▁no ▁cas ual ties ▁or ▁damage . ▁From ▁that ▁time ▁on , ▁her ▁du els ▁with ▁art illery ▁and ▁rif le men ▁hidden ▁along ▁the ▁sh ores ▁were ▁frequent . ▁On ▁ 1 8 ▁October , ▁the ▁t ug ▁bomb arded ▁Confeder ate ▁positions ▁at ▁Sh ipping ▁Point , ▁Virginia . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 5 ▁November , ▁a ▁boat ▁from ▁the ▁ship ▁row ed ▁down ▁stream ▁on ▁a ▁sc out ing ▁expedition ▁and ▁returned ▁before ▁the ▁following ▁dawn ▁with ▁two ▁sc ows ▁and ▁three ▁sk iffs ▁as ▁pri zes . ▁Two ▁days ▁later , ▁Sat ellite ▁sh elled ▁positions ▁below ▁Bo yd ' s ▁H ole . ▁ ▁On ▁ 7 ▁December , ▁four ▁shell s ▁fired ▁from ▁Sh ipping ▁Point ▁passed ▁over ▁her ▁deck ▁between ▁her ▁pilot ▁house ▁and ▁whe els . ▁On ▁the ▁ 2 2 d , ▁the ▁sound ▁of ▁art illery ▁from ▁Bo yd ' s ▁H ole ▁drew ▁the ▁ship ▁down stream ▁to ▁investigate . ▁She ▁found ▁a ▁Union ▁merchant ▁sch oon er ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁disabled ▁by ▁the