[1][3] The ship is powered by two Fairbanks Morse 12-38D8-1/8 12-cylinder diesel engines rated at 2,000 brake horsepower (1,500 kW).
In September 1968 the company decided not to build the ship, and the hull was sold to Texaco Canada Ltd., and redesigned as a single-hulled tanker.
She served on the Great Lakes, the Saint Lawrence River, and on the eastern coast of Canada.
On 7 December 1969, Texaco Chief collided with MV Petite Hermine in fog near Prescott, Ontario.
Texaco Chief suffered minor damage and was repaired by Canadian Vickers in Montreal, Quebec.
[1] The ship was purchased by Imperial Oil in 1995 and kept in service until laid up at Halifax, Nova Scotia in October 1996.
She operated mainly between Sarnia and Thunder Bay, until new regulations requiring double-hulled tankers in North American ports came into force in 2005.