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a us navy minesweeper is stuck on a coral reef off the philippines after running aground early on thursday.
美国海军一艘扫雷舰周四在菲律宾海域一处珊瑚礁搁浅。
 the us navy says it is working out how to extract the ship the uss 1 struck the reef in the sulu sea south-east of palawan island after completing a port call at the former us 2 base of subic bay.
the reef is in the tubbataha national 3 park, designated a world heritage site by unesco.
the crew were "currently working to determine the best method of safely extracting the ship", the us navy said.
the cause of the grounding was under 4, it said in a statement dated thursday. no-one was hurt in the incident.
philippine coast guards were being sent to check for damage to the reef, local media said. park 5 had earlier been prevented from inspecting the ship, local media said.
according to unesco, the area the ship is grounded is a "unique example of an atoll reef（环礁） with a very high 6 of marine species". part of it serves as a nesting site for birds and marine turtles, it says.
environmental group greenpeace was fined almost $7,000 in november 2005 for damaging a coral reef in the park after its flagship rainbow 7 ii ran aground.
greenpeace paid the fine but blamed the accident on 8 maps provided by the philippine government.
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