U.S. NAVY SALVAGE REPORT DEEPWATER HORIZON ... - ESSM

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
Sixteen Class V Vessel Skimmers with crews were pre-positioned at: Rigolets (qty 4), Grand
Isle (qty 4), Port Fourchon (qty 2), Ship Island (qty 2), Pascagoula (qty 2), Bayou La Batre (qty
1), and Pensacola (qty 1), all ready for skimming operations.
The final two unassigned Class V Skimmers were assigned to Mobile by Area Command and
ordered to be shipped from Gulfport ASAP. One Class V Skimmer at Bayou La Batre was
readied on a spud barge for deployment to skim oil headed for Dauphin Island. Two Class V
Skimmers at Pascagoula embarked on a jack-up barge and headed to the same general vicinity
off Dauphin Island. At this point, there was no significant oil concentrations large enough for
effective skimming in any of the locations to which the Class V Skimmers were assigned.
The OSV Wes Bordelon deployed 1,500′ of USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom at East Bay before
the operation was once again secured due to the weather. The vessel returned to port and loaded
2000′ additional Oil Containment Boom for a total of 5000′ on board.
GPC personnel onshore in Grand Isle continued to support near-shore recovery operations. Two
Class V Skimmers in the “free skimming mode” were on standby. The operational training of
the first two VOOs (in tow operation configuration) with the Class V Skimmer began.
OSV AHTS Vanguard and OSV MV John Coghill, each with two Current Buster VOSS,
conducted skimming operations.
Note: Total oil recovered to date was 5174 barrels.
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
SUPSALV continued coordinating operations from Gulfport (at State Pier) positioning,
maintaining, and operating SUPSALV OSR equipment assets as directed by the USCG FOSC.
Total SUPSALV Oil Containment Boom in GOMEX was 98,000′ with 33,600′ deployed. Oil
appeared off Mobile Bay. Oil also appeared to be heading in the direction of Pensacola.
Six Class V Skimmers from Gulfport, Bayou La Batre, Pascagoula, and Pensacola were
positioned on five spud/jack-up barges off Mobile and Pensacola. Two Class V Skimmers began
active skimming. The last two Class V Skimmers in Gulfport were directed to postpone
shipment until 3 June.
The OSV Wes Bordelon got underway to deploy USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom out of Venice
to deploy boom between wellheads in East Bay.
GPC personnel onshore in Grand Isle continued to support near-shore recovery operations. Two
Class V Skimmers, both in the “free skimming mode”, were being used near-shore.
The OSV AHTS Vanguard and the OSV MV John Coghill, operating two High Speed Current
Buster VOSS, were onsite conducting skimming operations.
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