Settling it into place, she engaged the batteries.

In the middle of March, Albatross engaged the Confederate batteries at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, and suffered one man killed and nine wounded.

Vixen engaged the Mexican batteries on shore but, when it became apparent that McLane would never succeed in getting across the bar, she and her tows retired.

During the first assault, Iosco engaged the batteries at Mound Fort, and hit the Confederate flag flying over the fortification, knocking it down.

On December 7 he took his two heaviest ships, the ironclad Carondelet and the river monitor Neosho downstream to engage the batteries.

The three vessels shifted their ballast to the port side to enable their combined 63 starboard guns to elevate sufficiently to engage the batteries.

As small ships engaged the batteries on shore, two frigates entered the bay and attacked the disarmed frigates, causing both to surrender in an hour-long engagement.

The operation began on 12 October, when the Kaiser-class battleships engaged the batteries on the Sworbe peninsula.

The next day USS Evans engaged the batteries and received four near misses, wounding four men aboard the ship.

Two larger vessels, the corvette Madison and the brig Oneida would engage the nearest British batteries.