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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
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.
The CNIC management team’s equipment continued to arrive.
Note: Total oil recovered to date: VOSS offshore - 18,021 barrels and Class V Skimmers nearshore
- 1958 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.
OSV Caspian was accepted for boom handling operations out of Venice. The vessel needed to
have the aft deck bulwark cut out and a portable capstan installed.
GPC personnel onshore in Grand Isle continued to support near-shore recovery operations. The
Class V Skimmers continued as directed. Received tasking for 8000′ of USS-42″ Oil
Containment Boom to be set east of Grand Isle. SUPSALV was awaiting booming plans.
SUPSALV was tasked to reposition one or more of the four Class V Skimmers at the Rigolets
(Lake Pontchartrain area) further east to encounter any oil that might have been moving into the
Mississippi Sound near the MS/LA border.
OSV AHTS Vanguard operated two High Speed Current Buster VOSS, and OSV MV Renee,
with a Class XI Skimmer System, continued skimming operations near the Deepwater Horizon
site.
OSV MV John Coghill was in transit to Gulfport to perform maintenance on Current Busters.
Monday, 28 June 2010
SUPSALV OSR equipment and 136 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.
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