USS Guardian has run aground

bd popeye

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I think so too, but a sailor photographer should know and use the language of his service.

I agree 100%..as a photo journalist the photographer they should know what they are photographing.. But no sailor knows everything about the navy.
 

Air Force Brat

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IMO it could be earthquake activities and hurricanes from the area for decades could have possibly move or discharge the reef from it's previous location little bit.

Thats what wifey said when she backed my Toyota Landcruiser into a tree? maybe she was right, continental shift? AFB
 

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CRANE BARGE ARRIVES IN PALAWAN
Photo by Val Cuenca, ABS-CBN News

The crane barge SMIT Borneo, commissioned by the United States to dismantle the USS Guardian, which is grounded at Tubbataha Reef, arrives in Palawan on Sunday. The U.S. government promised to pay the fine damaged by the grounding which has now increased to 4,000 square meters.

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The crane ship from Singapore that will help extract the USS Guardian from Tubbataha Reef in Palawan arrived in the Philippines on Sunday.

The Philippine Coast Guard welcomed the high-lifting crane ship in a port in Puerto Princesa City, which immediately underwent an inspection by the Bureau of Customs.

According to the salvage plan laid out by the US Navy, the crane ship SMIT Borneo will leave for Tubbataha tonight, and the dismantling of the minesweeper will begin this Wednesday.

Captain Oscar Idona, commanding officer of BRP Pampanga, however, said it is possible that the dismantling of the USS Guardian won’t be finished until March since no ships could come near it due to big waves.

The minesweeper ship ran aground on January 17 at the heritage site, destroying at least 1,000 square meters of coral reefs. – from a repot by Dennis Datu, dzMM
 

bd popeye

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US Navy plans to dismantle the Guardian...a lot of Filipino opinions in this video.

[video=youtube;y8M-XKQyEAg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8M-XKQyEAg[/video]
 

delft

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From the Daily news of Marine Forum, published today, dated yesterday:
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AVENGER class minesweeper WARRIOR will replace shipwrecked sister ship GUARDIAN (rmks: administratively decommissioned on 15 Feb) in Sasebo(Japan) as forward-based MCM unit … currently deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations … will be transported from Bahrain by a heavy-lift transport ship on 02 Mar and delivered to Sasebo sometime in late March.
Don't they trust the navigator to find his/her way from the Persian Gulf to Japan?
 

Jeff Head

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From the Daily news of Marine Forum, published today, dated yesterday:

Don't they trust the navigator to find his/her way from the Persian Gulf to Japan?
It has nothing to do with that.

These are relatively small vessels with wooden hulls and the cost and vulnerability to the vessel in that long of a cruize as well as the wear and tear on the hull and its life, probably simply make it more long term economical and safe for the vessel to be hauled over there.

You rarely if ever see these vessels on long, across major ocean assignments. Traveling from Japan down near the Philippines is one thing, traveling from the Persian Gulf clear across the Arabian Sea and Indian Oceean and into the Pacific is another.

That's my read.
 

bd popeye

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Finally some fresh photos of the salvage operations ongoing with the USS Guardian (MCM 5).

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SULU SEA, Philippines (Feb. 26, 2013) Sailors from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit ONE and U.S. Navy contracted salvage crew members from the M/V Jascon 25 safely removes the exhausts funnel structure from mine countermeasures ship USS Guardian (MCM 5), which ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef Jan. 17. The funnel's removal was a milestone in the dismantling process of the Guardian. The U.S. Navy and contracted salvage teams are safely dismantling and removing the ship from Tubbataha Reef. The U.S. Navy continues to work in close cooperation with the Philippine authorities to safely dismantle Guardian from the reef while minimizing environmental effects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anderson Bomjardim/Released)

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SULU SEA (Feb. 24, 2013) The mine countermeasures ship USS Guardian (MCM 5), which ran aground on Tubbataha Reef Jan. 17, getting hit by heavy waves. The U.S. Navy and contracted salvage teams continue damage assessments and the removal of equipment and parts to prepare the grounded ship to be safely dismantled and removed from Tubbataha Reef. The U.S. Navy continues to work in close cooperation with the Philippine authorities to safely dismantle Guardian from the reef while minimizing environmental effects. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anderson Bomjardim/Released)
 

bd popeye

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AVENGER class minesweeper WARRIOR will replace shipwrecked sister ship GUARDIAN (rmks: administratively decommissioned on 15 Feb) in Sasebo(Japan) as forward-based MCM unit … currently deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations … will be transported from Bahrain by a heavy-lift transport ship on 02 Mar and delivered to Sasebo sometime in late March.

That's normal guys. When those ships were transferred from former USN base at Ingleside Texas to the Persian Gulf heavy lift ships were used. And other times also.

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