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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
Figure 6. Oil Containment Boom Deployed off the Western Tip of
Ship Island in a Cascade Configuration
Sunday, 2 May 2010
Fifty-four total truckloads of additional gear had left the CONUS ESSM bases. Fifty-two
truckloads of SUPSALV gear had arrived.
Three thousand feet of USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom had been deployed to date near the
western tip of Ship Island in 1000′ cascaded sections. See Figure 6. The OSV MV John
Coghill, carrying 2000′ of USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom on board, was rigged for
deployment. Three thousand feet of USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom was staged pierside ready
for load-out onto the vessel.
Three modular Class V Vessel Skimmers (SK0721) were assembled pierside and ready for loadout
or deploying.
The rigging of 2000′ of Oil Containment Boom was prepared for deployment, however
deployment operations were delayed due to bad weather. The USCG, SUPSALV, and GPC
continued to configure and organize bases of operations. Kemp Skudin, Stephanie Brown
(SUPSALV Representatives), Lloyd Saner (GPC Program Manager), and CWO3 Peter
Davenport (USCG) met with the OSV MV John Coghill captain to discuss potential future
VOSS skimming operations. The staging area was secured at 1500 due to thunderstorms and
tornado warnings.
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