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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
Figure 4. Class V Vessel Being Offloaded in Gulfport, MS
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Eighty-three truckloads carrying SUPSALV gear were in route from the CONUS ESSM bases.
Twenty-eight trucks of SUPSALV gear had already arrived in Gulfport.
Twenty-one truckloads of equipment were redirected to Venice, LA (see Figure 5). Six GPC
personnel were sent to Venice.
Five additional GPC personnel were expected to arrive in Gulfport, totaling 37 GPC personnel
deployed for the operation.
An additional 2000′ of 42″ Oil Containment Boom was deployed off the western tip of Ship
Island in a cascade configuration (see Figure 6) along with 1000′ of Oil Containment Boom
previously deployed making a total of 3000′. The weather conditions were difficult for
deploying and setting Oil Containment Boom. The fourth 1000′ section had parted. It was
recovered and returned to port for repair.
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