In February and March, the Union steam frigate and steam sloop kept watch from a distance as "Stonewall" lay anchored off A Coruña, waiting for "Stonewall" to finish her repairs. On 24 March Page put to sea, prepared to engage them, but the unarmored Union ships declined to fight. "Stonewall" steamed for Lisbon, Portugal, to re-coal, intending to cross the Atlantic Ocean from there. "Stonewall" reached Nassau, Bahamas, on 6 May and then sailed on to Havana, Cuba, where Page learned of the war's end when he arrived five days later.