U.S. Navy salvors remove equipment from the grounded USS Guardian in the Sulu Sea on Jan. 26. Fiberglass sheathing has come off the port side, revealing the minesweeper’s wooden hull. The destroyer USS Mustin stands by at left. (MC3 Kelby Sanders / Navy)
Trapped U.S. Navy Minesweeper To Be Broken Up -- Defense News
Caught between the jagged coral of an ocean reef and Filipino environmental and political concerns, the U.S. Navy says it will cut up the trapped USS Guardian and take it away piece by piece.
“Our only supportable option is to dismantle the damaged ship and remove it in sections,” Capt. Darryn James, spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, said Jan. 29.
The decision, James said, keeps salvage equipment in deeper water and minimizes further damage to the coral reef.
The salvage plan, he said, aims to “safely remove individual sections of the ship without causing the release of harmful materials.”
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More News On The USS Guardian
Stuck Minesweeper to Be Cut Into Pieces -- ABC News
The Navy Will Move A Grounded Ship By Cutting It Into Chunks -- Jalopnik
US Navy will start salvaging ship Feb.1 -- Manila Standard Today
Sailors back home in Sasebo as minesweeper remains stuck on reef -- Stars and Stripes
Grounded minesweeper crew heads for base -- UPI
69 Sailors of ‘USS Guardian’ Back to Home Port -- mb.com.ph
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