USS Benfold Leaves Japan After Four-Day Power Loss
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- USS Benfold lost power for four days in the South China Sea after an engineering casualty.
- USS Benfold returned to Japan for repairs following the power failure and subsequently departed Japan.
Why it matters: The reported four-day engineering casualty left the U.S. Navy destroyer stalled in the South China Sea, a direct loss of movement under its own power during that period. Benfold then returned to Japan for repairs and left again, making the casualty a documented interruption to the destroyer’s service.
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