This is the view that everyone has been waiting to see at Tubbataha Reefs…….again.
It appears that with the removal of the Stern Section of the USS Guardian, that all major parts have been lifted from the Tubbataha Reefs.
All involved seem to have done a first class job to achieve the target of removing the minesweeper by the end of March. No doubt there will be seabed surveys and the clearance of small fallen debris that will need to be done, but that work should soon be completed.
All in all we should be happy that the reef has been returned to some sort of quiet normality within less than three months of the grounding.
Now we just have to wait for 250 years for the Reef to fully recover !
Better Late than Never !
Maritimo 48 
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