Yes. GQ would be set. They may decide to set a condition on it, but probably not.
Done right, the collision alarm would have been triggered, which would have meant the repair lockers would have been manned.
The provocative act was the US ship being in the 12 mile territorial waters. The Chinese boat forced the US boat out of Chinese waters.
This is a US violation of the Law of the Sea Treaty to which China is a party and the US is not a party to the treaty. The only 5 nations not a party are the US, Turkey, Syria, Israel, and Iran.
The GOP has blocked both GW Bush and Obama efforts to ratify the treaty saying that the US has the worlds most powerful navy and can establish their own law of force.