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Salvage of US Navy ship to start
The US Navy minesweeper USS Guardian, which is stuck in the Tubbataha Reef in Palawan, will be “chopped up” beginning Monday, a ranking Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) officer said on Saturday. PCG Palawan District commander ...
- February 17, 2013
Crane ship arrives at Tubbataha
One of the two lift cranes commissioned by the US Navy has arrived at the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park to begin the removal of a grounded US minesweeper, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. The SMIT Borneo of SMIT ...
- February 4, 2013
Bad weather stalls Tubbataha salvage operation anew
Bad weather has forced a US Navy-contracted salvage team to suspend the dismantling of the USS Guardian, the minesweeper that has been grounded since Jan. 17 at the Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea, the Philippine Coast ...
- March 6, 2013
'Crising stalls Tubbataha salvage
The salvage operation for the US Navy minesweeper USS Guardian, which has been stuck in the Tubbataha Reefs off Palawan for over a month, suffered another setback after tropical depression “Crising” struck parts of Mindanao ...
- February 20, 2013