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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
Saturday, 15 May 2010
Two Class V Vessel Skimmers in Alaska were loaded on trucks and in transit to GOMEX
region.
Eight Class V Vessel Skimmers with full crews remain pre-positioned as follows: Slidell (qty 2),
Ship Island (qty 2), Pascagoula (qty 2), Bayou La Batre (qty 1), and Pensacola (qty 1), all ready
for tasking by the USCG. The teams conducted training and drills to maintain a high state of
equipment and personnel readiness. Two Class V Vessel Skimmers were staged on a spud barge
near Ship Island.
The OSV MV John Coghill continued to operate out of Theodore supporting 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. Two thousand feet of Oil Containment Boom for a total
of 3000′ was deployed.
The OSV Wes Bordelon, loaded with 4000′ of USS-26″ Oil Containment Boom, remained in
port at Venice due to unacceptable weather.
The OSV AHTS Vanguard, operating two Current Buster VOSS, remained at Port Fourchon due
to adverse weather at the site.
The overall Oil Containment Boom laying progress was hampered for several days by a
combination of inclement weather in various areas and by shifting priorities of oil containment
strategy as directed by the ICP sectors.
Sunday, 16 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 FOSC direction. Two Class V Vessel Skimmers were expected from Alaska.
Shipping was arranged by BP logistics via RO-RO (roll-on roll-off vessels) to Seattle, and then
trucked to GOMEX with an EDA of 21–22 May. See Appendix D.
Eight Class V Vessel Skimmers with full crews remain pre-positioned as follows: Slidell (qty 2),
Ship Island (qty 2), Pascagoula (qty 2), Bayou La Batre (qty 1), and Pensacola (qty 1), all ready
for tasking by the USCG. Continuous lines of moderate to heavy thunderstorms hampered all
on-water operations. Teams conducted training and drills as weather permitted.
At Mobile Bay, the OSV MV John Coghill continued to operate out of Theodore supporting
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.
The OSV Wes Bordelon, loaded with 4000′ of USS-26″ Oil Containment Boom, remained in
port in Venice due to inclement weather.
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