Pacific Responder

Marine Spill Response Corp. (MSRC) crew members aboard Pacific Responder during the “Safe Seas 2006 Oil Spill Response Exercise”. 9 August 2006.
History
Name:	Pacific Responder
Owner:	Marine Spill Response Corp. Herndon, Virginia
Port of registry:	United States, Norfolk, Virginia
Builder:	VT Halter Marine, Inc. (formerly Moss Point Marine, Inc., Escatawpa, Mississippi
Completed:	1992
Acquired:	01 January 1993
Identification:	ABS class no: 9300196 Call sign: WBO8588 IMO number: 9043885 MMSI no.: 366605000 USCG Doc. No.: 983104
Status:	Operational
Notes:	[1][2]
General characteristics
Class and type:	ABS A1, Oil Recovery Vessel Class 1, AMS
Tonnage:	488 GT 354 NT
Length:	63 m (207 ft)
Beam:	13 m (43 ft)
Depth:	5 m (16 ft)
Deck clearance:	7.33 m (24.0 ft)
Installed power:	2 × Caterpillar model 3512 DITA diesel engines (2 x 954.88 kW) 3 × 250 kW auxiliary generators
Capacity:	Freshwater 76 m^3 (2,700 cu ft) Fuel oil 409 m^3 (14,400 cu ft) Tank ballast 443 m^3 (15,600 cu ft)
Notes:	[1][2]

Pacific Responder is a Responder-class oil-skimming vessel registered in Norfolk, Virginia and based in San Francisco, California.

Pacific Responder and her sister ship, California Responder, operated off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The vessels sailed to the gulf from their home ports in California to assist in the containment efforts.^[3]

References

1. "Coast Guard Vessel Documentation: Pacific Responder". United States Coast Guard. December 31, 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
2. "ABS Record: Pacific Responder". American Bureau of Shipping. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
3. Frederic J. Frommer (July 13, 2010). "Obama Administration Hopes New Drilling Ban Can Survive". The Thibodaux Daily Comet. Retrieved 3 August 2010.

External links

• Pacific Responder current position at VesselTracker
• Pacific Responder vessel information and current position at FleetMon Explorer