Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Complete Dismantling Of Guardian Soon

From the Manila Bulletin (Mar 14): Complete Dismantling Of Guardian Soon

Salvage personnel are moving towards the complete dismantling and removal of the USS Guardian from the Tubbataha Reef following the removal of the grounded minesweeper’s two engines last Wednesday.

“The first main engine and second engine were pulled out and removed,” said Task Force Tubbataha head Commodore Enrico Efren Evangelista.

“The boom from fantail was removed and transferred to Jascon 25,” he added. However, they still need to dismantle two more main engines and three auxiliary engines before proceeding to the next section of the vessel.

Evangelista said the removal and transfer of two auxiliary engines and one of the remaining two main engines are underway.

Dismantling efforts began last month and were scheduled to be completed by March 23, the deadline imposed by U.S government on the salvage work. Among those already dismantled and removed were the parts of the 68-meter Guardian’s superstructure namely funnel or smokestack, mast, and the bridge deck section.

http://www.mb.com.ph/article.php?aid=3536&sid=1&subid=2

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