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Friday, March 29, 2013

USS Guardian set to be lifted from Tubbataha reef


The final sections of a US Navy ship that has been stuck on a UN World Heritage-listed coral reef in the Philippines for more than 10 weeks are set to be removed within days, an official said Thursday.

The USS Guardian's bow was cut and lifted onto a salvage vessel this week, and good weather should lead to the removal of the rest of the ship by Monday, Tubbataha Reef marine park superintendent Angelique Songco said.

"They continue to work, hopefully all done by April 1," Songco told AFP by text message.

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