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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
Saturday, 26 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.
Seventeen of 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.
Tasking was received for CNIC equipment to be operated in the Pensacola area.
Note: Total oil recovered to date: VOSS offshore - 17,886 barrels and Class V Skimmers nearshore
- 1909 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 continued skimmer maintenance.
A replacement vessel (OSV Caspian) was due to arrive Sunday for the OSV Wes Bordelon.
GPC personnel at Venice utilized smaller vessels to inspect/repair Oil Containment Boom.
GPC personnel onshore in Grand Isle continued to support near-shore recovery operations.
SUPSALV received tasking for 8000′ of USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom to be deployed east of
Grand Isle.
OSVs MV John Coghill and AHTS Vanguard operated two High Speed Current Buster VOSS
each, and OSV MV Renee, with a Class XI Skimmer System, continued skimming operations
near the Deepwater Horizon site.
Sunday, 27 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.
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