{"id":934341,"date":"2026-09-15T16:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/uss-benfold-was-powerless-for-four-days-in-south-china-sea-after-engineering-failure\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:24:17","slug":"uss-benfold-was-powerless-for-four-days-in-south-china-sea-after-engineering-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/uss-benfold-was-powerless-for-four-days-in-south-china-sea-after-engineering-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Benfold was powerless for four days in South China Sea after engineering failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<figure contenteditable=\"false\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/updates\/2026-08-17\/1412602_2094991_benfold_updates.jpg\" alt=\"USS Benfold was powerless for four days in South China Sea after engineering failure\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A US Navy destroyer spent four days without power in the South China Sea after an engineering failure disrupted essential services aboard the vessel last month.<\/p>\n<p>The USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was conducting routine Indo-Pacific operations on July 24 when it suffered an \u201cengineering casualty involving its generators,\u201d US 7th Fleet spokesperson Cmdr. Matthew Comer told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The failure left the nearly 10,000-tonne warship unable to manoeuvre independently and affected its toilets, air conditioning, galley services and drinking water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were no injuries to the crew, who demonstrated resilience, grit, professionalism, and unwavering steadiness in their response,\u201d Comer said.<\/p>\n<p>Another US warship, the USS Robert Smalls, supplied cooked meals to the crew, while other vessels from the USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group provided assistance.<\/p>\n<p>After four days without power, the Benfold was towed to Subic Bay in the Philippines for repairs. The Navy said repairs were completed by August 8 and the destroyer has returned to duty.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the failure remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes amid concerns that the US Navy is being stretched by the Iran war and other global commitments. <\/p>\n<p>In May, another destroyer, the USS Higgins, temporarily lost power and propulsion during operations in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Elroy Schildgen<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/latest\/1412602-uss-benfold-was-powerless-for-four-days-in-south-china-sea-after-engineering-failure\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US Navy destroyer spent four days without power in the South China Sea after an engineering failure disrupted essential services aboard the vessel last month. The USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was conducting routine Indo-Pacific operations on July 24 when it suffered an \u201cengineering casualty involving its generators,\u201d US 7th Fleet spokesperson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":934342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101143,152457],"tags":[152456,106902],"class_list":["post-934341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-powerless","category-benfold","tag-benfold","tag-powerless"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}