The USS Benfold, a guided-missile destroyer, lost power due to an 'engineering casualty' and spent four days adrift in the South China Sea in July. During this time, sailors were without galley services, toilets, and air conditioning. The destroyer was part of the George Washington carrier strike group and was later towed to Subic Bay in the Philippines, as reported by the US Naval Institute News.
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USS Benfold Spent Four Days Adrift in South China Sea Due to Power Loss
The USS Benfold, a US Navy guided-missile destroyer, lost power and was adrift for four days in the South China Sea in July. The vessel was eventually towed to Subic Bay in the Philippines.
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