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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
GPC personnel continued assisting in receiving and offloading of CNIC equipment.
Note: Total oil recovered to date: VOSS offshore - 18,340 barrels and Class V Skimmers nearshore
- 1966 barrels.
Minimal skimming operations were conducted due to local storms.
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 offload and maintenance.
GPC personnel and OSV Caspian were in port in Venice due to rough weather; equipment
loadout was conducted for future oil containment operations.
GPC personnel onshore in Grand Isle continued to support near-shore recovery operations.
GPC personnel repositioned two of the four Class V Skimmers at the Rigolets (Lake
Pontchartrain area) further east in Mississippi Sound and were on hold for weather.
OSVs MV John Coghill, AHTS Vanguard, and MV Renee were in port due to rough weather.
Tropical Storm Alex did not directly affect the Deepwater Horizon Operation area, but high
winds and rough seas resulting from the storm’s passage to the southwest were expected to
preclude offshore skimming until late in the week.
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
SUPSALV OSR equipment and 134 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 of
four High Speed Current Buster VOSS with crews were positioned at the USCG designated
locations.
GPC personnel continued assisting the CNIC management team in receiving and offloading.
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