Posted on 01/17/2013 11:35:25 PM PST by JerseyanExile
A US Navy minesweeper has run aground in a protected marine sanctuary in the Philippines, the US embassy in Manila said Thursday.
The USS Guardian ran aground on the Tubattaha Reef on Wednesday night "during normal transit", it said. The extent of the damage to the ship and the cause of the accident was still not known, it added.
"The government of the Philippines was promptly informed of the incident and offered to assist the US Navy," it said.
The US Navy said on its website that the 224-foot (68-metre) vessel is based in Sasebo, southern Japan but it was not known what the ship was doing in the area when the incident happened.
Located in the Sulu Sea about 130 kilometres (80 miles) southeast of the western island of Palawan, Tubattaha Reef is a protected sanctuary that is popular with divers.
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Yep, the Romans weren’t worthy of God’s grace after having killed his Son, His soldiers went out among the sheep and herded them without swords and spread His Word and conquered nations with it, God is righteous and forgiving, yet He never forgets, God help the righteous in our military, they will need it, war is coming, the gays in its’ ranks will foul their fruit, Sodom and Gomorrah suffered with brimstone and fire, our nation will suffer with the bloodshed of wars whose incompetent leadership makes friends of ours and Israel’s enemies!
There is of course the likely hood you are totally wrong.
Latest in Stars and Stripes says the crew has been taken of the ship. Not good at all.
They are gonna cut this ship up.
http://news.yahoo.com/stuck-minesweeper-cut-pieces-135952990—abc-news-politics.html
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