California Responder

Career	<tr valign="top"><td>Name:</td><td> California Responder</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Owner:</td><td> Marine Spill Response Corp. Herndon, Virginia</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Port of registry:</td><td> United States, Norfolk, Virginia</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Builder:</td><td> VT Halter Marine, Inc. (formerly Moss Point Marine, Inc., Escatawpa, Mississippi)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Completed:</td><td> 1992</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Acquired:</td><td> 01 November 1992</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Identification:</td><td> ABS class no: 9203788 Call sign: WBO8591 IMO number: 9043873 MMSI no.: 366608000 USCG Doc. No.: 983102</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Status:</td><td> Operational</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Notes:</td><td> </td></tr>
General characteristics <tr valign="top"><td>Class & type:</td><td> ABS A1, Oil Recovery Vessel Class 1, AMS</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Tonnage:</td><td> 488 GT; 354 NT</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Length:</td><td> 63 m (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 206.692913386 | 1-2 }} ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Beam:</td><td> 13 m (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 42.6509186352 | 1-1 }} ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Depth:</td><td> 5 m (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 16.4041994751 | 1-1 }} ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Deck clearance:</td><td> 7.33 m (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 24.0485564304 | 1-1 }} ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Installed power:</td><td> 2 x 954.88 kW main 3 x 250 kW auxiliary</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Propulsion:</td><td> 2 x Caterpillar model 3512 DITA diesel engines</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Capacity:</td><td> Freshwater 76 m3 (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 2,683.91467083 | 1-3 }} cu ft) Fuel oil 409 m3 (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 14,443.6986891 | 1-4 }} cu ft) Tank ballast 443 m3 (Bad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 15,644.3973576 | 1-4 }} cu ft)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Notes:</td><td> </td></tr>

California Responder is a Responder-class oil-skimming vessel registered in Norfolk, Virginia and based in Port Hueneme, California. California Responder and her sister ship, Pacific 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.

External links

• California Responder current position at VesselTracker