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.
Eighteen Class V Skimming Systems, one Class XI Skimmer System, and all four High Speed
Current Buster VOSS with crews were positioned at the USCG designated locations.
Note: Total oil recovered to date: VOSS offshore - 19,488 barrels and Class V Skimmers nearshore
- 1967 barrels.
Pecos barge, with two Class V Skimmers and four spud/jack-up barges with seven Class V
Skimmers on board (assigned to near-shore Task Force under ICP Mobile), operated between
Pascagoula and Pensacola as directed.
OSV Bayou Bee in Gulfport continued Class V skimmer service operations.
Oil herding/capture and recovery operations were conducted in the Bay St. Louis area using
4000′ of USS-18″ Oil Containment Boom. Ship Island boom repairs awaited assignment of
suitable work platforms.
SUPSALV personnel and GPC visited ICP Mobile to help develop an oil containment strategy
for St. Joseph Bay, FL and East Pass off Destin, FL.
Venice GPC personnel with OSV Caspian got underway from Venice to North Pass and began
digging out 2600′ of USS-26″ Oil Containment Boom that had washed ashore and was buried in
sand by past storms. See Figure 20.
GPC personnel in Grand Isle conducted shoreline and near-shore skimming operations.
OSVs AHTS Vanguard and Vantage with VOSS got underway conducting offshore skimming
operations.
OSV MV Renee returned to Gulfport pending resolution of crane operations, which presented an
unacceptable risk due to the crane height and reach. The ICP offshore coordinator was notified,
and a crane or OSV change-out was requested.
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