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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
Friday, 18 June 2010
SUPSALV OSR equipment and 129 personnel were positioned throughout 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. This
includes the one Class V out of commission undergoing decontamination.
Note: Total oil recovered to date: VOSS offshore - 12,740 barrels and Class V Skimmers nearshore
- 1226 barrels.
The Pecos barge, with two Class V Skimmers on board and four spud/jack-up barges with five
Class V Skimmers on board (assigned to near-shore Task Force under ICP Mobile), operated
between Pascagoula and Pensacola skimming sporadic oil pockets and streams.
OSV Bayou Bee conducted skimmer maintenance.
The previously overturned skimmer was still in decontamination.
Thursday’s request to move two Class V Skimmers from the pier at Port Fourchon to Grand Isle
was changed. SUPSALV was redirected to send one to replace the skimmer that was overturned
in Mobile. The other skimmer’s destination would be determined later.
GPC personnel onshore in Grand Isle continued to support near-shore recovery operations. The
Class V Skimmers reported no oil was recovered.
OSVs MV John Coghill and AHTS Vanguard, operating two High Speed Current Buster VOSS
each, continued skimming operations near the Deepwater Horizon site.
Saturday, 19 June 2010
SUPSALV OSR equipment and 129 personnel were positioned throughout 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.
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