San Demetrio and ships reboarded after abandonment

Did other ships experience events like the tanker San Demetrio, whose crew abandoned and later reboarded her?

Yes, though it was not routine; damaged ships were sometimes found still afloat and crews then chose whether to salvage or sink them.

San Demetrio was a tanker abandoned after enemy damage in the Atlantic and later reboarded by members of her crew. Aviation-fuel cargo made rapid abandonment understandable because the ship might explode, yet remaining afloat opened the possibility of salvage. Similar decisions occurred often enough that crews sometimes had to choose between scuttling a damaged ship and trying to bring it home. Cargo type strongly affected the odds: dense ore could send a hull down quickly, while timber added buoyancy and even supplied material for emergency repairs.