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

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response
TABLE OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1-1- KEY EVENT TIMELINE ....................................................................................................................................... 1-2
FIGURE 1-2. OIL CONTAINMENT BOOM WASHED UP ON THE SHORE OF EAST BAY. THIS BOOM WAS BLOWN FROM ITS MOORINGS (TIED TO
WELL HEADS) AFTER AN AUGUST STORM ON THE GULF. ................................................................................................... 1-6
FIGURE 1-3. RESOLVE SPUD BARGE WITH 2 MARCO CLASS V SKIMMERS ON DECK DEPARTING GULFPORT. BARGES PROVIDED SECURE
STORAGE FOR THE SKIMMERS AND THEIR CREW WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS EXCEEDED THEIR SEAKEEPING CAPABILITY. .............. 1-7
FIGURE 2-1. ESSM PROGRAM MANAGER, MR. LLOYD SANER CONDUCTING THE MORNING BRIEF AT THE STATE PIER, GULFPORT, MS. . 2-3
FIGURE 4-1. ESSM EQUIPMENT SITTING ON TRAILERS RECENTLY ARRIVED AT STATE PIER, GULFPORT, MS ON 2 MAY WAITING TO BE
UNLOADED. ............................................................................................................................................................ 4-1
FIGURE 4-2. MAY 11, 2010 IMAGE OF SAILORS UNLOADING ESSM ALASKA OIL CONTAINMENT EQUIPMENT FROM AN AIR FORCE C-17
TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT AT NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE NEW ORLEANS. ............................................................ 4-2
FIGURE 5-1. OVERHEAD VIEW OF STATE PIER, GULFPORT MS WITH AREA ALLOCATED FOR NAVY USE DURING DWH OPERATION
HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN. ............................................................................................................................................ 5-2
FIGURE 5-2. SHOP VANS AND COMMAND VANS ARRANGED FOR USE IN STATE PIER, GULFPORT MS. ............................................... 5-3
FIGURE 5-3. MANNING BY ESSM CONTRACTOR (INCLUDING SUBCONTRACTED NATIONAL RESPONSE CORPORATION PERSONNEL. ......... 5-4
FIGURE 5-4. EQUIPMENT DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF ICP HOUMA AS OF WEEK OF 14 JUNE 2010. .................................................. 5-5
FIGURE 5-5. EQUIPMENT DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF ICP MOBILE AS OF 14 JUNE 2010. ............................................................... 5-5
FIGURE 5-6. MARCO CLASS V BEING TOWED BY ITS BOOMS BY TWO GULF SHRIMPERS. ................................................................ 5-6
FIGURE 5-7. MARCO CLASS V LOADED ON JACK-UP BARGE MANTA RAY ON 9 MAY 2010. THE JACK-UP BARGES WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN
FORWARD DEPLOYING THE NEAR SHORE SKIMMERS TO REMOTE LOCATIONS SUCH AS DAUPHIN ISLAND. .................................... 5-7
FIGURE 5-8. STERN DECK OF OSV BAYOU BEE CONFIGURED WITH CRANE AND SHOP VANS TO PROVIDE MOBILE MARCO CLASS V
SKIMMER MAINTENANCE. .......................................................................................................................................... 5-8
FIGURE 5-9. VOSS CLASS XI SORBENT BELT OIL SKIMMER DEPLOYED ON OSV RENE PULLING THROUGH A THICK POCKET OF OIL. ...... 5-10
FIGURE 5-10. OSV VANGUARD PULLING TWO NOFI HIGH SPEED CURRENT BUSTERS ON THE AFTERNOON OF 28 MAY, 2010. THE
PORT SIDE NOFI IS DEPLOYED WITH AN OUTRIGGER ASSEMBLY AND THE STARBOARD SIDE NOFI IS EMPLOYING A PARAVANE TO HOLD
THE BOOM OPEN. ................................................................................................................................................... 5-11
FIGURE 5-11. OSV JOHN COGHILL’S HIGH SPEED CURRENT BUSTER WEIR PULLED FROM WATER TO ALLOW CLEANING OF DEBRIS WHICH
WAS CLOGGING SUCTION. ........................................................................................................................................ 5-12
FIGURE 5-12. SUPSALV CREW MAINTAINING THE PROPER ATTITUDE WHILE CLEANING DEBRIS FROM THE BELT OF THE CLASS XI SKIMMER
WHILE DEPLOYED ON OSV RENE (11 JUNE 2010) ...................................................................................................... 5-13
FIGURE 5-13. OUTRIGGER ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED OVER THE SIDE RAIL USED TO SERVICE THE PUMP IN THE POCKET OF THE HIGH SPEED
CURRENT BUSTER .................................................................................................................................................. 5-14
FIGURE 5-14. CONCEPT OF SIDEWAYS MOTION OF OSV TO HELP CONCENTRATE OIL WHICH ALLOWS QUICK DERIGGING TO ALLOW FOR RAPID
TRAVEL TO A NEW SITE. ........................................................................................................................................... 5-16
FIGURE 5-15. JUNE 6 2010 IMAGE OF CREWS ON OSV WES BORVELON PREPARING BOOM FOR DEPLOYMENT IN VICINITY OF HALF
MOON ISLAND, LA WHERE PILINGS WERE DRIVEN AS BOOM ATTACHMENT POINTS. ............................................................. 5-18
FIGURE 5-16. MOBILE BAY SHIP CHANNEL INITIAL OIL CONTAINMENT BOOM DEPLOYMENT PLAN THAT LEAD TO BOOM FAILURE. ......... 5-19
FIGURE 5-17. BOOMING OPERATIONS OFF OF EAST BAY, LA ON JUNE 22, 2010 DEMONSTARTING USE OF WELL HEADS AS ANCHORING
POINT FOR BOOM. .................................................................................................................................................. 5-20
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