Warrant Officer Alfred Powell, commanding the USCGC Dexter—in international waters—fires on, and sinks the Canadian flagged SS I’m Alone, as he suspected it of carrying contraband intoxicating beverages.

       [restored 6/28/2022]

Subsequent Events:

4/4/1929                   4/10/1941

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 320.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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