[1][2] The vessel caught fire in Canadian waters, near Kingston, Ontario, on Lake Ontario, while travelling from Toledo, Ohio, en route to Staten Island, New York, on 27 March 2012.

The Canadian Coast Guard rescued all six crew members, but her chief engineer died the next day.

[3][4] CCGS Cape Hearne and Canadian and American helicopters and aircraft were deployed to help rescue the crew.

[5] The vessel remained adrift after the crew were evacuated.

[6] McAllister had operated an earlier vessel of the same name which sank off the coast of New Jersey in 1976.