On 20 November 1974, Roy A. Jodrey struck Pullman Shoal in the St. Lawrence River in Alexandria Bay, New York.

Roy A. Jodrey became a technical scuba diving site, whose difficulty has led to the deaths of several divers who have attempted it.

[3] Roy A. Jodrey was powered by a diesel engine driving one shaft that gave the vessel a maximum speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

[1] The main cargoes of Roy A. Jodrey were ore, coal and limestone, but was also used to transport road salt, bentonite, potash, bauxite and coke.

[3] On 20 November 1974, Roy A. Jodrey was transporting iron ore pellets from Sept-Îles, Quebec to Detroit, Michigan when the ship struck buoy no.

Roy A. Jodrey continued on to the United States Coast Guard Station at Wellesley Island, where the vessel ran up on Pullman Shoal.

[7] In 2002, a cleanup project headed by the New York State Department of Environment Conservation removed some of the remaining oil.