CNN on Aug 24 published a letter in which two senior Democratic U.S. senators asked the PENTAGON to investigate living conditions aboard multiple Navy vessels, citing carriers USS Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford and destroyer USS Benfold. The letter cites clogged toilets, a laundry-room fire, generally poor habitability, reports of multiple personnel mental-health breakdowns including attempted overboard jumps on the carriers, and last month’s four-day power loss that left USS Benfold dead in the

CNN on Aug 24 published a letter in which two senior Democratic U.S. senators asked the PENTAGON to investigate living conditions aboard multiple Navy vessels, citing carriers USS Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford and destroyer USS Benfold. The letter cites clogged toilets, a laundry-room fire, generally poor habitability, reports of multiple personnel mental-health breakdowns including attempted overboard jumps on the carriers, and last month’s four-day power loss that left USS Benfold dead in the water in the South China Sea.