A U.S. Navy destroyer experienced a power loss in the South China Sea. The vessel was the USS Benfold. An engineering casualty caused a blackout on board the naval vessel. The warship was brought to a halt. A machinery failure left the vessel dead in the water and floating helplessly in the region for four days during the event.
The destroyer lost all propulsion at all while floating without power in the South China Sea. It stayed stuck. The vessel stayed in position throughout the four-day period after losing power. The outage kept the vessel stranded in the region.