Decommissioning
She was decommissioned from active service in 1998 and renamed MV 1998-05. The naming scheme indicates that she was the fifth government vessel decommissioned in 1998. She was used as a training ship at CCG Dartmouth Base until 2000 when she was sold and renamed MV Caruso.
She has been laid up in Halifax Harbour in at least three locations since, including Karlsens Wharf in Halifax, Woodside Atlantic Wharf in Dartmouth, and the Dartmouth Marine Slips. Apparently she is for sale, and may not be traveling to Italy for conversion to a mega-yacht, which was the fate of her sistership Simon Fraser, decommissioned 2001.
Early on the morning of 11 October 2008 a large fire broke out aboard Tupper while she was moored at the Dartmouth Marine Slips. The blaze is deemed suspicious and gutted the upper decks of the vessel. In July 2009, it was discovered that the engine room, forward hold, and the crane machinery room are flooded with about 3 feet of water.
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