[2] The auxiliary schooner was built in Lunenburg Nova Scotia in 1923 (hull # 126), and for six years, she transported contraband alcohol.

[5] I'm Alone was intercepted in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana by USCGC Wolcott on 22 March 1929, as the schooner was returning from Belize with liquor.

[6] The surviving crew members, including captain John "Jack" Randell, were arrested and jailed in New Orleans.

[4] The sinking caused tensions in Canadian–American relations, with Envoy Vincent Massey criticizing the Americans' actions.

Coast Guard intelligence personnel, led by Elizebeth Friedman, were able to demonstrate in international arbitration that the owners of I'm Alone were Americans, despite the ship's Canadian registry.