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 />
GPC personnel with OSV Caspian remained in port in Venice due to the weather.<br />
GPC personnel onshore in Grand Isle continued to support near-shore recovery operations. All<br />
Class V Skimmers operated and no oil encountered.<br />
A SUPSALV representative and one GPC member of IATAP compiled a report from the A<br />
Whale operational evaluation.<br />
OSV AHTS Vanguard and OSV MV Renee with VOSS returned to port to wait for the weather<br />
to clear up along with OSV Vantage. SUPSALV continued to work with the ICP Houma<br />
offshore coordinator to develop a strategy for VOOs working with SUPSALV USS-42″ Oil<br />
Containment Boom offshore and near-shore collection and herding to improve VOSS skimming<br />
effectiveness.<br />
The weather continued to hamper skimming and oil containment operations.<br />
Wednesday, 7 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 />
No skimming was conducted this day due to the weather.<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 team 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 V Skimmer (previously overturned<br />
was repaired and was in transit to Gulfport), one Class XI Skimmer System, and all four High<br />
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 />
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 remained at Gulfport and waited for skimmer operations to resume.<br />
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