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USS Guardian salvage workers make progress, remove bridge deck


Salvage crews on Sunday removed the bridge deck of the USS Guardian as they continued to dismantle the grounded minesweeper stuck at Tubbataha Reef. Task Force Tubbataha and Coast Guard Palawan head Commodore Enrico Evangelista said this was part of the superstructure's second level, radio dzBB's Cecilia Villarosa reported. Evangelista added that work on the second level was finished, they are now targeting the next level and the hull. Good weather so far has allowed salvage teams to work on the USS Guardian, which had run aground at Tubbataha Reef last Jan. 17. The Tubbataha Management Office had estimated the minesweeper damaged some 4,000 square meters of the reef. Salvage crews hope to finish their work by March 23. — DVM, GMA News

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