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Navy ship without power for 4 days in South China Sea
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Key Points:
- A power failure aboard the USS Benfold, a 30-year-old U.S. Navy destroyer, left the crew without potable water, hot food, working toilets, or air conditioning for four days while operating in the South China Sea in late July.
- The outage was caused by an engineering failure affecting the ship's generators and occurred as the Benfold was sailing with the George Washington carrier strike group, which is scheduled to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East amid the Iran war.
- The crew experienced no injuries and responded with professionalism and resilience, but the Navy did not disclose the incident at the time, raising questions about transparency.
- The Benfold was towed to Subic Bay in the Philippines for repairs, which were completed by August 7, after which the ship departed the port; its subsequent movements remain unclear.
