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 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. Ten Boom Mooring Systems and 5000′ of Oil
Containment Boom were in position.
The OSV Wes Bordelon, loaded with 4000′ of USS-26″ Oil Containment Boom, got underway,
and its mission was to lay Oil Containment Boom in vicinity of Breton Island and return to
Venice.
The OSV AHTS Vanguard, operating two Current Buster VOSS onsite at MC252, recovered
126 barrels of oil as of 1700 hours.
Improved weather allowed successful boom deployment operations.
Tuesday, 18 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 from Alaska were in route with EDA
of 21–22 May.
Note: Total SUPSALV Oil Containment Boom in GOMEX to date was 98,000′with 29,400′
deployed.
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), all
ready for tasking by the USCG. The teams conducted training and drills as weather permitted.
A spud barge, with two Class V Vessel Skimmers in Gulfport, awaited repositioning orders.
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. Eighteen hundred feet of Oil Containment Boom was
deployed (6,800′ of Oil Containment Boom was in place near Mobile Bay).
The OSV Wes Bordelon deployed 2600′ of USS-26″ Oil Containment Boom around Breton
Island for a total of 5600′ at that location.
The OSV AHTS Vanguard, operating two Current Buster VOSS onsite at MC252, recovered
254 barrels of oil to date.
Improved weather allowed Oil Containment Boom deployment operations.
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