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| Keywords: Malaysian tug prepares for de-fueling near USS Guardian.jpg SULU SEA Jan 24 2013 Malaysian tug Vos Apollo foreground prepares for de-fueling operations near the grounded mine countermeasures ship USS Guardian MCM 5 while a U S Navy small boat approaches with a salvage team The U S Navy contracted Vos Apollo to assist with removing fuel from Guardian which ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea on Jan 17 No fuel has leaked since the grounding and all of the approximately 15 000 gallons onboard Guardian was safely transferred to Vos Apollo during two days of controlled de-fueling operations on Jan 24 and Jan 25 The U S Navy continues to work in close cooperation with the Philippine Coast Guard and Navy to safely remove Guardian from the reef while minimizing environmental effects U S Navy photo by Naval Air Crewmen 3rd Class Geoffrey Trudell/Released 130124-N-ZZ999-001 http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/8414463408/ Malaysian tug prepares for de-fueling near USS Guardian 2013-01-25 18 23 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America AW3 Geoffrey Trudell/U S Navy Attribution License IPTC Source Navy Visual News Service PD-USGov-Military-Navy File Upload Bot Magnus Manske 2013-01-25 USS Guardian MCM-5 aground on the Tubbataha Reef in 2013 VOS Apollo tugboat 2011 | ||||
