Guard Station at Wellesley Island, where the vessel ran up on Pullman Shoal. The ballast pumps were unable to keep the ship afloat and the ship slid off the shoal, rolled over on its side and sank on 21 November 1974 with no loss of life. The ship was declared unsalvageable and Roy A. Jodreys registry was closed on 7 October 1975. The wreck lies in of water at its deepest. The bow comes up to . When the ship sank, it had aboard of fuel. Officials were initially concerned the fuel tanks would rupture and oil was spotted seeping from one of the ventilators. At the time, this was considered acceptable. Algoma Central Railway replaced Roy A. Jodrey with Algosea, a German-flagged bulk carrier. In 2002, a cleanup project headed by the New York State Department of Environment Conservation removed some of the remaining oil. The wreck is a popular destination for technical scuba divers. It is considered a difficult wreck, with some divers losing their lives while diving the wreck. Notes Citations Sources Shipwrecks of the Saint Lawrence River Maritime incidents in 1974 1965 ships Algoma Central Marine Great Lakes freighters