I had this exact thing happen yesterday.
The game crashed, tried to submit a crash log but failed. I restarted the game and it was like I had first launched it, asking me to set gamma and such. my saved game was still there, but when I returned to camp I had 2 travelers chests. This chest was green and had become my default send to camp chest. Im worried about losing my items if they patch this. Which chest do I leave them in? Will I have to transfer all my items to my original chest every time I move them to camp?