Tied up at Great Lakes Steel January 1978 her stern was damaged in a collision with the steamer Armco while convoying in heavy ice in the Livingston Channel of the lower Detroit River. The Olds hit a flow of heavy ice, came to a complete stop and the Armco, unable to stop, hit the Olds' stern. The Olds was taken to Lorain for repairs to her stern plating as well as her propeller, propeller shaft and rudder