Guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) spent four days in the South China Sea without power after an engineering failure, USNI News has learned.
Benfold suffered the engineering casualty resulting in a loss of power last month, Cmdr. Matthew Comer, spokesperson with U.S. 7th Fleet, told USNI News in a statement.
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The loss of power meant sailors were without galley services, toilets and air conditioning. Potable water was also affected, Comer said. He did not respond to a question about how sailors handled waste.
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Contractor tugboats towed Benfold to Subic Bay where it was met by personnel from the Ship Repair Facility – Japan Regional Maintenance Center on July 28, with crew receiving contracted lodging off the ship the next day. Power was restored on July 30, Comer said.
Dead in the water for days on a twin-screw ship? I don't know how the hell that happens. But in truth, I had no experience with those gas-turbine twidget ships. It would have to be one hell of a casualty to do that back in the day, but other than the gremlin-riddled Mitscher class, I never heard of a twin-screw ship going DIW for anything other than a towing exercise.
It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the Navy's been cheaping out on ship maintenance, again. It's a cyclical problem. And they never fucking learn that deferring maintenance leads to small problems becoming big ones.
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"deferring maintenance" .
'"The universe doesn't give first warnings. Except in a most circumstantial fashion, and never as a favor...Pay attention.
Welcome to the Karma Cafe. There is no menu. You'll be serves what you deserve.
That's a fail that one sees coming and was told keep it running. Then you can't.
Gas or steam, its not an oops, its classic fubar, and the only valid excuse was someone shot a hole in in engineering. No one was shooting except upper brass.
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