Dry Fleet on High Alert as Whisky Armada Targets Chesapeake Bay

In a tense showdown between the United States dry navy and the rum-running bootleggers, the coast guard was bracing for a possible dash for freedom on the part of the whisky armada. On May 11, 1925, a heavy fog hung thickly over the calm waters of New York harbor, signaling the break that bootleggers had been waiting for since the beginning of the rigid blockade a week ago.