 She resumed her former duty and continued to give a good account of herself in the sounds until 24 August when she struck a bank and sank in the Neuse River some 3 miles above New Bern, North Carolina, while steaming upstream to cover a landing of troops.A month later she was reported raised and on the ways being readied for service.Back in fighting trim 23 October, she was ordered to tow schooner "Minnehaha" to Plymouth, North Carolina, to deliver provisions.