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1942-1961 (Creation)
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The M/V "O.K. Service VI" was a 149-ton wooden auxiliary schooner built in 1941 by W.C. MacKay and Sons in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. It was owned by Himmelman Supply Company. The vessel was used to transport explosives and other cargo to ports in the Caribbean and Central and South America. It typically returned to Canada with cargos of rum and other commodities.
On October 7, 1960, the M/V "O.K. Service VI" came into San Juan, Puerto Rico with a cargo of explosives. The ship's cargo caught fire that evening. The crew initially tried to pump water on the fire to put it out, but after five or ten minutes, they abandoned ship. The ship sunk around 6:30 AM on October 8, 1960. The hulk was officially abandoned to the U.S. government in San Juan, Puerto Rico.