She sat tied up at a creek on the Raritan River within view of the New Jersey Turnpike until she was dismantled for scrap in 2008–2012.
The vessel was built and launched from the United Dry Docks on Staten Island in 1937 during a grand ceremony with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and 500 other spectators in attendance.
Shortly after purchasing the Mary Murray, Searle had the vessel towed to a spot near his marina on the south side of the Raritan River.
In 1982 he moved the vessel to his property on the side of the river, tying her to the bank partially up "No-Name Creek", where she stayed until she was dismantled.
The location contained other vessels and barges purchased by Searle including a ship purported to be owned by a former Shah of Iran.