 After a three-year charter to that company Interlake decided to sell her to the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co, who renamed the ship "Willis B Boyer" after the company's president.They operated the laker for 7 years in the iron trade until she was laid up in 1980 due to a downturn in the steel industry.After sitting unwanted for 7 years, the city of Toledo decided to purchase her for use as a museum.