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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
Friday, 30 April 2010
Additional personnel continued assembling and equipment continued arriving in Gulfport. See
Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 1. Daily Team Briefings
Completed loading and rigging 4000′ of Oil Containment Boom with Boom Mooring Systems on
board the OSV MV John Coghill. The OSV MV John Coghill then proceeded to Ship Island to
commence laying Oil Containment Boom.
The first 1000′ of USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom was deployed as planned. During
deployment of the second 1000′ section, SUPSALV and GPC were redirected back to port with
possible reassignments. The OSV MV John Coghill returned to the port with 3000′ of the
original 4000′ of Oil Containment Boom still on the fantail.
While at sea, the crews at the State Pier in Gulfport prepared for loading an additional 4000′ of
Oil Containment Boom on the OSV MV John Coghill. See Figure 3. The crews also set up the
Rigging, Shop, and Command Vans on the pier. More SUPSALV equipment arrived and was
offloaded as it arrived in Gulfport. See Figure 4. The USCG ordered additional SUPSALV wide
body Class V Skimming Systems (five from Cheatham Annex and four from Port Hueneme) to
be shipped to Gulfport.
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