The inability to reclaim the Chel Grett Warship or the Dyson Science Sphere Destroyer has been noted as a known issue in the
patch notes last on October 22nd, 2015. Not having seen the note since then, I figured it was finally fixed.
Today, November 12, I opened a Chel Grett Warship for the Admirality system, and then discharged it. I did want to try actually flying the ship later, but not in the immediate future. However, I found that after I dismissed it, I was not able to reclaim it again, and I could not find any workaround for this. I submitted a ticket on this as well, ID #3,807,201.
Though I had no problems with the Dyson Science Destroyer, it
appears it may be an issue for others too, so I hope this will continue to be looked into, and readded to the list of known issues so that people are aware of it.
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Hope this helps.
I immediately opened a ticket with a GM, and they told me that they could neither unlock the Reputation Claim nor restore my ship. This seems not only unlikely (a GM which cannot award an item lost to a bug is a poor GM) but terrible Customer Service as well. They recommended only that I open a Bug Report for the issue and check this forum.
Seeing now that this is a long-standing known issue, I am only more deeply disappointed in their inability to help, and I suspect I will not likely see this ship I earned again.