USS Benfold lost power after ‘engineering casualty’ leaving sailors without galley services, toilets and air conditioning A US guided-missile destroyer reportedly spent four days adrift and without power in the South China Sea in July, furthering concerns about strain being placed on deployed mil...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/us-navy-destroyer-south-china-sea)