It was converted to be able to perform crab fishing in 2021, and featured on the Discovery Channel USA show Deadliest Catch on Discovery+ and Discovery Channel Canada in the 2022 TV show season;[1][2] and Deadliest Catch: The Viking Returns on Discovery USA for the 2022 fall TV season.
[3][4] The ship was originally built as the fishing boat Trålbas in 1955 at Beliard, Crighton, Ostend, Norway.
[5] The MS Stålbas was a cargo ship after the end of its Coast Guard career.
[6] Snowcrab fisherman Bengt Are Korneliussen became managing owner in 2021 after an ownership shuffle following licensing problems at Barens Offshore that resulted in a revoked fishing licence, the licence problems were resolved with the ownership change.
[1] It would be one of the first attempts to fish such beyond the 6-mile limit in deep water in the Norwegian waters economic zone, fishing Bering Sea American-style, on the Barents Sea.