U.S. NAVY SALVAGE REPORT DEEPWATER HORIZON ... - ESSM
U.S. NAVY SALVAGE REPORT DEEPWATER HORIZON ... - ESSM
U.S. NAVY SALVAGE REPORT DEEPWATER HORIZON ... - ESSM
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Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010<br />
A SUPSALV representative and one GPC member of IATAP returned from the A Whale. An<br />
operational evaluation report of this converted tanker was being compiled.<br />
OSV AHTS Vanguard and OSV MV Renee, with Current Buster VOSS, got underway at the<br />
MC252 site. The AHTS Vanguard conducted one half day of skimming. The waters were too<br />
rough for OSV MV Renee and the Class XI VOSS.<br />
OSV Vantage (OSV MV John Coghill replacement) in Gulfport completed installation of two<br />
Current Buster VOSS and was set to sail when directed by the offshore coordinator.<br />
SUPSALV personnel met with ICP Houma offshore coordinator to discuss using VOOs working<br />
with SUPSALV USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom for an offshore collection and herding strategy<br />
to improve VOSS skimming effectiveness. SUPSALV was expected to conduct a trial run on<br />
this strategy once VOOs and an OSV were identified.<br />
The weather continued to hamper skimming and oil containment operations.<br />
Tuesday, 6 July 2010<br />
SUPSALV OSR equipment and 125 personnel were positioned throughout Pensacola, Mobile,<br />
Bayou La Batre, Pascagoula, Gulfport, Ship Island, Slidell, Venice, and Port Fourchon/Grand<br />
Isle.<br />
SUPSALV continued coordinating operations from Gulfport (at State Pier) positioning,<br />
maintaining, and operating SUPSALV OSR equipment assets as directed by the USCG FOSC.<br />
SUPSALV continued to assist CNIC management in Gulfport as required.<br />
The total SUPSALV Oil Containment Boom in GOMEX to date was 98,000′ with 63,200′ of<br />
boom deployed.<br />
Seventeen of eighteen Class V Vessel Skimmers, one Class XI Skimmer System, and all four<br />
High Speed Current Buster VOSS with crews were positioned at the USCG designated locations.<br />
Note: Total oil recovered to date: VOSS offshore - 18,439 barrels and Class V Skimmers nearshore<br />
- 1966 barrels.<br />
No skimming was conducted due to the weather.<br />
Pecos barge, with two Class V Skimmers and four spud/jack-up barges with seven Class V<br />
Skimmers on board (assigned to near-shore Task Force under ICP Mobile), operated between<br />
Pascagoula and Pensacola and remained on standby resuming skimming operations as soon as<br />
weather permitted.<br />
OSV Bayou Bee was in Gulfport waiting for skimmer operations to resume.<br />
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