Stern shot of the Irving S Olds. On January 4, 1978, the Olds was involved 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.

built in 1942 by the American Ship Building Co., Lorain, OH as Hull #825. Launched May 22, 1942 639'6"loa, 623'3"lbp x 67'x 35'; 10,294 GRT, 6439 NRT, 18,260 dwt. Powered by a 4,400 shp double reduction geared, cross-compound steam turbine built by the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. and two Babcock & Wilcox coal-fired water tube boilers. Arrived at Kaohsiung, Taiwan on November 8, 1988 for scrapping