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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
Pascagoula and Pensacola as directed. Task Force Number 4 reported that 18 barrels of oil had
been skimmed.
OSV Bayou Bee was servicing Class V Skimmers in the ICP Mobile area.
GPC personnel with OSV Caspian were in Venice preparing for Oil Containment Boom
servicing operations.
In Slidell, the Class V Skimmers and other SUPSALV equipment were deployed. No oil was
encountered.
The Grand Isle SUPSALV equipment was redeployed, but no oil was encountered.
OSVs AHTS Vanguard and Vantage, with two High Speed Current Buster VOSS each, got
underway from Port Fourchon to the broken off wellhead in Bayou St. Denis. No oil was
encountered.
OSV MV Renee, with the Class XI Skimmer System, remained in Gulfport awaiting ICP tasking
orders to return to sea to resume skimming operations.
Thursday, 29 July 2010
SUPSALV OSR equipment and 125 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 57,700′ of
boom still deployed.
Note: Total oil recovered to date: VOSS offshore - 21,176 barrels and Class V Skimmers nearshore
- 2029 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. Another 28 barrels were skimmed.
OSV Bayou Bee serviced Class V Skimmers in the ICP Mobile area.
GPC personnel got underway with OSV Caspian in Venice to recover USS-42″ Oil Containment
Boom in East Bay.
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