August 18, 2026 · Personnel, Competence & Administrative Failure
Confirmed
A Navy Destroyer Drifted Four Days Without Power in the South China Sea — and the Navy Said Nothing for Nearly a Month
The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold lost power on July 24, 2026 after what the Navy's 7th Fleet called an engineering casualty, and spent four days adrift in the South China Sea. Cmdr. Matthew Comer, the fleet...