[Eric in the Ozarks]

And after they break, they haul them together, bring in the welding crew and keep on sailing.
This actually happened to an MSTS ship parked at a West Coast dock in the early 1950s.

[Ozark Tom]

Sister ship “Great Land” once suffered cracking of the hull while in service on the Tacoma to Alaska run.

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/2013/03/15/totes-ss-great-land-is-towed-away-to-the-ship-breakers-after-illustrious-tacoma-career/