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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
Figure 11. West New Harbor Island
Saturday, 8 May 2010
ICP Mobile sector requested USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom from the Federal Reserve Asset
Staging Unit in Gulfport be deployed at the entrance to Mobile Bay near Dauphin Island. Oil
Containment Boom was on board the OSV MV John Coghill for deployment.
The OSV MV John Coghill got underway for Theodore, Mobile Bay, AL.
The OSV Wes Bordelon was loaded and rigged with USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom for
deployment in East Bay, LA. The vessel got underway early in the morning to deploy Oil
Containment Boom between the wellheads in East Bay.
Equipped with two Current Buster VOSS rigged to its port and starboard sides, the OSV AHTS
Vanguard underway for skimming operations for the day.
No significant concentration of oil was located or reported.
Two Class V Vessel Skimmers and crews were positioned afloat off of Pascagoula, MS.
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