Posted on 01/30/2013 12:35:06 PM PST by PieterCasparzen
A United States minesweeper ship that crashed into a coral reef due to inaccurate Navy maps will have to be cut into small pieces and removed in order to prevent harming the ocean’s ecosystem, according to the Navy and other reports.
The $277 million USS Guardian, a Naval warship that clears waterways of mines, crashed into a coral reef near the Philippines earlier this month.
The Navy will disassemble it piece by piece in order to avoid damaging the reef rather than tow the multi-million dollar ship off of the reef and perform necessary repairs.
“Our only supportable option is to dismantle the damaged ship and remove it in sections,” Capt. Darryn James, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, was quoted as saying Tuesday by the Military Times.
One Navy source criticized decision makers for deliberately destroying the expensive warship just weeks before devastating cuts to the defense budget are scheduled to take place.
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Good thing were not a war and blowing up reefs for landing craft in the South Pacific like we did 70 years ago.
Gosh. Thanks for deflating my irritability.
Don’t forget the GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYS! Who’d of thought? The Village People set the standard for our military!
How many pounds of items would have to be removed to lift the ship higher in it’s draft & allow it to float off- and then the parts could be re-installed?
I have seen more than one trailer too high for a bridge get stuck. Solution? let some air out of the tires—SLOWLY continue under the bridge——or back out completely . Re-air up the tires.
I’m NOT the person who thought this up!!!!
How leaving it there for months to beat up the reef while divers maneuver on the dangerous coral to dismantle it is a good idea is beyond me.
Get it off quickly for the reef’s sake and to a safe area to dismantle it for the divers’.
They can make balloons out of very tough fabrics these days.
Yes your hip is broken/worn out. It is too expensive to repair given your age and demographic. Would you prefer the pain pills at $100 each, or the euthanasia pill which is free?
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