"Mohawk" immediately started taking on water but the pumps were employed and managed to slow down the water intake, yet the vessel soon developed a list to port side. Captain MacKenzie, however, being unsure of the seriousness of his vessel's injury decided to ground her and headed towards the nearest land, eventually beaching the ship on Normandie Beach, near Sea Bright. In the meantime, "Jefferson" backed out of collision and slowly proceeded to anchor herself off Ambrose Channel north off Sandy Hook to wait out the fog and determine the extent of sustained damage. After evaluating the damage, captain MacKenzie realized the ship was in no danger of sinking and decided to wait for the tide and try to refloat the ship with the aid of tugs and return to New York. However, the heavy seas turned "Mohawk" around with her broadside facing the waves and breakers and early in the evening it was decided to evacuate the passengers. By 21:00 all passengers were safely transferred to the US Coast Guard cutter which was standing by "Mohawk" while the captain and the crew remained on board the vessel. Due to prevailing fog, the passengers had to spend the night on board "Seminole" and were then landed by the cutter at St. George by 14:00 the next day. By 22:00 "Mohawk" developed a heavier list and about an hour later her lights went out as her engine room became flooded. In order to float the steamer a patch was placed over the hole and water was pumped out and then a layer of ice was created over the canvas using the ships's refrigeration machinery. Two attempts were made but proved unsuccessful but on the third try "Mohawk" was successfully refloated in the evening of May 21 during high tide and towed to New York by two wrecking tugs. There she unloaded all the remaining cargo and all passenger baggage and proceeded to drydock for evaluation and repairs. "Mohawk" returned to her regular service in late June. After successful completion of repairs, "Mohawk" was again put on her usual coastal route. In September 1928 during one of her trips down south the steamer picked one of the survivors of the blast on board tanker "Shreveport" off North Carolina coast. Early in the morning on March 5, 1929 while yet on another journey from New York with 195 passengers and general cargo, including a good-will delegation from South Carolina bound for Havana, "Mohawk" ran aground on the north bank of the St. John's River about fifteen miles from Jacksonville after the steamer ran into a strong gale at the entrance to the mouth of the river.