According to the Toledo Blade, the captain of the 165ft yacht called police early Sunday morning when they realized the boat had been unmoored and had struck the dock, causing an estimated $5,000 to $10,000 in damages.
The Dover Seaways struck the dock as it departed for Dunkirk at 08 00 GMT.
In 2000, a suicide dinghy struck the U.S. destroyer Cole docked in Yemen, killing 17 sailors.
They sailed down the Thames to Woolwich, struck by the "interminable docks".
One of them struck a dock, and two others struck a bridge.
At least 57 people were injured, two critically, when a commuter ferry struck a dock in New York City's financial district during Wednesday morning's rush hour, officials said.
Theoretically, then, a vet could be disciplined or even struck off for docking a litter of puppies.
The only casualties in the landing occurred on 10 September when HMS Abdiel, while manoeuvring alongside the dock, struck a mine and sank.
Thirty dock workers who had been unloading freight drowned when the quake struck Tuesday, the company said.
