Rum row

A rum row was a Prohibition-era term (1920–1933) referring to a line of ships loaded with liquor anchored beyond the maritime limit of the United States.

The cargoes were sourced from the Caribbean and Canada, which repealed their respective prohibition policies at the moment the United States started its own.

[1] The bulk of the ships flew the British flag but were actually registered in Canada and owned by Canadians who had ties with American syndicates.

Notable rum-row locations included the New Jersey coast (by far the largest), San Francisco, Virginia, Galveston, and New Orleans.

She was employed by the British firm Haig and MacTavish Scotch Whisky and notoriously sold her liquor at the rum row after she was expelled by male competitors from Nassau.