Donald Trump‘s Navy is facing renewed scrutiny after a warship lost all power while deployed in the South China Sea, stranding sailors without drinkable water, food, air conditioning or working toilets for four days.
A generator failure aboard the USS Benfold on July 24 left the destroyer without power.
Other Navy ships were called in to provide meals to the crew as the Benfold was towed to port in the Philippines, where sailors were put up in shore housing.
Full power was not restored until July 30 and no injuries have been reported.
The Navy did not disclose the incident for nearly a month,
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