The vessel was powered by a diesel engine driving one propeller giving the bulk carrier a maximum speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph).

On 25 June 1980, she collided with the lake freighter Montrealais in the St. Clair River, damaging the bows of both vessels.

[2][6] She ran aground on 4 July 2010 near Chippewa Bay, New York, on the St. Lawrence River while carrying a load of Canadian corn.

The vessel spent two days aground on a shoal before refloating and continuing on her voyage to Prescott, Ontario.

[7][8] On 4 October 2012, the bulk carrier was renamed Radcliffe R. Latimer for a former chairman of Algoma Central's board of governors.