She was decommissioned on 2 July 1997 and sold to United States owners for diving operations. The ship underwent conversion to an offshore support vessel in 1998 however the ship was docked in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia in 2000 and has remained there.
In 1997, she was decommissioned and sold to American owners for underwater work.  The ship underwent a conversion into an offshore support vessel in 1998 but ended up docked in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia by 2000 and has stayed there ever since.