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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
The OSV MV John Coghill was in port in Theodore supporting USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom
and Boom Mooring Systems deployment operations in Mobile Bay.
The OSV Wes Bordelon was in port in Venice preparing for USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom
deployment between the wellheads in East Bay.
The USCG request for additional SUPSALV OSR equipment stored at the ESSM Facility in Fort
Richardson, AK was processed and routed through DOD TRANSCOM for airlift tasking and
transport of equipment into the Gulf Coast AOR. The OSR equipment from the Alaska facility
was positioned at Elmendorf AFB and ready for transport.
Two Salvage Skimming Systems (Salvage Skim Vans) with light-duty Oil Containment Boom
and skimming equipment were transferred to Grand Isle, LA. This was approved by the ICP
Houma sector to support the oil containment plan.
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
With continued coordination authority over the bulk of SUPSALV OSR equipment, the Federal
Reserve Asset Staging Unit in Gulfport (State Pier West) anticipated additional positioning per
the USCG Federal On-Scene Commander’s (FOSC) direction. Eight Class V Vessel Skimmers
with full crews remained pre-positioned as follows: Slidell (qty 2), Ship Island (qty 2),
Pascagoula (qty 2), Bayou La Batre (qty 1), and Pensacola (qty 1).
Two Class V Skimming Systems at Ship Island were staged off a spud barge well offshore to
alleviate lengthy transit time if/when needed.
The OSV AHTS Vanguard operating two Current Buster VOSS remained in Port Fourchon due
to adverse weather conditions.
The OSV MV John Coghill continued to operate out of Theodore, supporting the deployment of
19,000′ of USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom and Boom Mooring Systems at the bay entrance near
Dauphin Island to protect Mobile Bay.
OSV Wes Bordelon deployed 3000′ of USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom between the wellheads
in East Bay and returned to the port in Venice to pick up and rig additional boom for
deployment.
Note: A total of 17,000′ of SUPSALV Oil Containment Boom was deployed and set to date.
SUPSALV OSR gear, normally stored at the ESSM Facility in Fort Richardson, AK, was staged
at Elmendorf AFB and began airlift by TRANSCOM to the New Orleans Naval Air Station
(NAS) Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse, LA. Two USAF C-17 Globemaster III aircraft,
loaded with five Oil Containment Boom Systems and four Boom Mooring Systems, arrived.
SUPSALV OSR gear was transported to a secure storage facility in Amelia, LA. The remaining
SUPSALV OSR gear at Elmendorf AFB was estimated to constitute three more USAF C-17
Globemaster III loads. The loads were tentatively scheduled to start transportation to the New
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