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

Chapter 6: Conclusion of Operation
6-3 Conclusion
As documented in this report, SUPSALV successfully executed a near immediate deployment of
all continental U.S. OSR equipment to the Gulf region. They operated in a complicated ICS
structure, recognized by and utilizing the Federal Resource Coordinator as a means to obtain
needed VOO and shore side facility assets and allocate SUPSALV teams across the ICS.
SUPSALV also interacted with two ICPs and five Task Forces managing operations across 4
states.
Equally successful was the effectiveness of SUPSALV teams in performing their tasks. The
crews working the VOSS ships skimming oil at the well head were some of the most effective on
station. During a 16 day period in mid June, the three ships recovered more than 11,000 barrels
of oil product. The near−shore MARCO skimmer operations were equally smooth, with the one
exception of the unmanned skimmer that was overturned. Many of these vessels operated far
from shore and far from the shore based maintenance facility constructed at Gulfport. Provided
the proper tools and supplies, including the mobile maintenance vessel BAYOU BEE, they were
self−reliant and dependable assets to the ICS. Booming successes also became common place.
An example is documented in Figure 6-3 which shows the encapsulation of New Harbor Island
with SUPSALV 26” boom.
Figure 6-3. 26” SUPSALV boom completely circling New Harbor Island, part of the Chandeleur
Islands east of New Orleans.
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