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

Final Report, SONS Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, 27 April — 24 September 2010
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
SUPSALV continued coordinating operations from Gulfport (at State Pier) positioning,
maintaining, and operating SUPSALV OSR equipment assets as directed by the USCG FOSC.
Six Class V Skimmer Systems with support equipment were moved from the Gulfport staging
area, and all USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom and Boom Mooring Systems in the Amelia staging
area, to the Port Fourchon/Grand Isle.
The OSV Wes Bordelon remained in port in Venice. The current oil containment mission was
redirected to resetting the USS-26″ Oil Containment Boom’s dragging anchors in the vicinity of
Breton Island.
GPC personnel onshore deployed another 1000′ of USS-26″ Oil Containment Boom for a total of
3000′ of Oil Containment Boom. GPC personnel also continued to support near-shore recovery
operations.
The OSV AHTS Vanguard, with two Current Buster VOSS, was back onsite at MC252 and
redeployed VOSS Systems for skimming operations. No oil was encountered.
The OSV MV John Coghill continued loading two Current Buster VOSS Skimming Systems
while pierside in Gulfport.
The crew prepared the Class XI VOSS for installation onto the OSV Gulf Scout.
The OSV MV John Coghill departure was delayed due to requirement of fuel and thunderstorms
affecting the welding process for the VOSS skimmer installation.
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
SUPSALV continued coordinating operations from Gulfport (at State Pier) positioning,
maintaining, and operating SUPSALV OSR equipment assets as directed by the USCG FOSC.
The process of moving six Class V Skimmer Systems and their support equipment from Gulfport
staging area, and all USS-42″ Oil Containment Boom and Boom Mooring Systems in Amelia
staging area to Port Fourchon and Grand Isle, was almost completed. SUPSALV was directed to
send all recovered and/or refurbished Oil Containment Boom and Boom Mooring Systems used
in Mobile Bay to BOH Brothers Shipyard in New Orleans, LA.
The OSV Wes Bordelon (from Venice) was underway to reset USS-26″ Oil Containment Boom
dragging the anchors near Breton Island.
GPC personnel onshore in Grand Isle continued to support near-shore recovery operations.
Equipment and personnel support for Class V Skimmers arriving in Grand Isle/Port Fourchon
was coordinated.
The OSV AHTS Vanguard, with two High Speed Current Buster VOSS, was onsite at MC252
and redeployed the Current Busters for skimming operations.
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