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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
OSV MV John Coghill and OSV AHTS Vanguard, each with two Current Buster VOSS,
conducted offshore operations.
The knuckle boom crane on the OSV MV Renee was damaged while recovering the Class XI
Skimmer System from increasingly rough seas.
OSV MV Renee was decontaminated and returned to State Pier Gulfport for repair evaluation.
Note: Total oil recovered to date was 5771 barrels.
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
SUPSALV OSR equipment and 130 personnel were positioned throughout Panama City,
Pensacola, Mobile, Bayou La Batre, Pascagoula, Gulfport, Ship Island, Slidell, Venice, and Port
Fourchon/Grand Isle.
SUPSALV continued coordinating operations from Gulfport (at State Pier) positioning,
maintaining, and operating SUPSALV OSR equipment assets as directed by the USCG FOSC.
The total SUPSALV Oil Containment Boom in GOMEX to date was 98,000′ with 63,200′ of
boom deployed.
All eighteen Class V Skimming Systems, one Class XI Skimmer System, and four High Speed
Current Buster VOSS with crews, were positioned at the USCG designated locations.
Note: Total oil recovered to date: VOSS offshore - 6169 barrels and Class V Skimmers
in/near-shore - 372 barrels.
The Pecos barge, with two Class V Skimmers, assigned to near/offshore Task Force under ICP
Mobile. The four spud/jack-up barges with five Class V Skimmers on board were near Mobile
and Panama City skimming in sporadic oil pockets and streams.
OSV Wes Bordelon deployed an additional 1900′ of USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom at East
Bay and returned to Venice to reload boom.
GPC personnel onshore in Grand Isle continued to support near-shore recovery operations. Two
Class V Skimmers, both in the “free skimming mode”, and two Class V Skimmers being towed
recovered no oil in vicinity of Grand Isle.
OSV MV John Coghill and OSV AHTS Vanguard operated two each Current Buster VOSS.
OSV MV Renee was in port with the Class XI Skimmer System. The damaged knuckle boom
crane was repaired, and the deck layout was reconfigured for better launch and recovery
capability.
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