{
  "id": 1540077,
  "title": "US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/us-navy-destroyer-adrift-in-south-china-sea-for-four-days-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T18:35:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/us-navy-destroyer-south-china-sea"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "USS Benfold lost power after ‘engineering casualty’ leaving sailors without galley services, toilets and air conditioning A US guided-missile destroyer reportedly spent four days adrift and without power in the South China Sea in July, furthering concerns about strain being placed on deployed military members. The USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer which had been sailing…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}