Thursday, January 17, 2013

Navy Ship Runs Aground

Built in Wisconsin.

U.S. Navy minesweeper, the USS Guardian, ran aground in the Sulu Sea off the Philippines on Thursday, and was stuck on a reef, the Navy said.

No one was injured in the incident, which occurred at 2:25 a.m. local time (1:25 p.m. Wednesday ET) on Tubbataha Reef about 80 miles east-southeast of Palawan Island, in the Philippines, the Navy said.

 

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Posted by Owen at 0952 hrs
Military

  1. And another naval career goes down the tubes.  Captains who run aground tend not to keep their jobs.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 17, 2013 at 1226 hrs


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