Pacific Responder

Marine Spill Response Corp. (MSRC) crew members aboard Pacific Responder during the “Safe Seas 2006 Oil Spill Response Exercise”. 9 August 2006.
Career	<tr valign="top"><td>Name:</td><td> Pacific 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 January 1993</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Identification:</td><td> ABS class no: 9300196 Call sign: WBO8588 IMO number: 9043885 MMSI no.: 366605000 USCG Doc. No.: 983104</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>

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.

External links

• Pacific Responder current position at VesselTracker