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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
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 continued Class V Skimmer servicing.
In the Bay St. Louis area, SUPSALV continued oil herding/capture and recovery strategies,
using 4000′ of USS-18″ Oil Containment Boom.
Ship Island boom repairs continued to wait for assignment of suitable work platforms.
SUPSALV launched a mobile boom strategy team to St. Joseph Bay for site RECON and
coordination.
Venice GPC personnel with OSV Caspian got underway from Venice to North Pass and
continued digging out 2600′ of USS-26″ Oil Containment Boom that washed ashore and was
buried in sand during past weeks of storms.
Skimmer operations and equipment training were conducted at the Slidell operations site.
GPC personnel in Grand Isle continued conducting shoreline and near-shore skimming
operations. No significant oil was encountered.
OSVs AHTS Vanguard and Vantage with VOSS got underway conducting offshore skimming.
Both vessels were directed by offshore coordinator to temporarily halt skimming operations to
assist the A Whale test. The vessels were expected to resume skimming operations by Monday.
OSV MV Renee in Gulfport, with a Class XI Skimmer System, was waiting for a new crane.
Monday, 12 July 2010
SUPSALV OSR equipment and 126 personnel were positioned throughout 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.
SUPSALV continued to assist the CNIC management team.
The total SUPSALV Oil Containment Boom in GOMEX to date was 98,000′ with 63,200′ of
boom deployed.
Note: Total oil recovered to date: VOSS offshore - 19,488 barrels and Class V Skimmers nearshore
- 1972 barrels. No oil was recovered this day.
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