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