A supposedly formidable guided-missile destroyer spent almost a week floating without power in politically tense waters in the latest Navy failure to hit the Trump administration.
Staff aboard the USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, endured four days without working toilets, galley services, or air conditioning in the sweltering heat of the South China Sea after losing power.
The 30-year-old vessel, designed to defend against air and sea threats and strike targets on shore, was conducting routine operations in the Indo-Pacific when it suffered an “engineering casualty involving its generators,” Navy Cdr. Matthew Comer, spokesperson for the 7th Fleet, told CNN.
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