[2] After failing to acquire any British vessels at beginning of World War II for auxiliary purposes, the Royal Canadian Navy discreetly searched the American market for suitable ships.

[6] Halonia was purchased by Montye McRae of Toronto, Ontario from Ray van Clief of New York City for $207,100 and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in March 1940.

Raccoon followed the tracks to the suspected site of the German submarine and dropped depth charges, but found no trace of the attacker.

[5][10] Raccoon was escorting the convoy QS-33 on the evening of 6 September when the merchant ship Aeas was attacked and sunk by U-165 off Cap-Chat, Quebec.

As the corvette HMCS Arrowhead, the lead ship of the escort, slowed to pick up survivors of the merchant vessel, Raccoon went to screen the convoy.

The Fairmile motor launch Q 065 saw two spouts of white water in the distance but assumed that it was Raccoon dropping depth charges.

The body of one crew member and a corner of the wooden bridge structure was found washed up on shore on Anticosti Island a few weeks after the attack.

[5] Le Naufrageur, a microbrewery based in Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, brews an Imperial Black IPA named after Raccoon.