Trip Summary
During this period, there were 6 offshore reef construction trips made. Borries Construction completed 4 more rubble deployments within the FH-2 Site on July 9, July 16, July 28, and August 5, utilizing rubble from MGFB's Staging area. Colle Towing Company deployed 2 loads of concrete and steel (estimated at 750 tons) within the FH-13 Site on August 1 and August 4, utilizing material donated and loaded by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula.
Borries construction provided Barge and Tug services while PRIMOFISH.COM provided spotter boat services. The load consisted of relatively large concrete columns and "T"'s. Surrounding depth was 55.0 feet with a minimum water clearance of 48 feet. The predicted Tide level was 0.0 feet (near low tide) at the time of deployment (8 PM). DGPS data was tracking 11 Satellites, had a hoop of 1.3, and an accuracy of 11 feet. The material was deployed in the southwest quarter of the site, south of the Waterspout wreck. The material was deposited within a 200 foot radius centered at the following coordinates:
Lat 30°05.251' Long 88°34.474'
TD's 12427.7 47044.1 29603.4
990716 FH-2 Rubble (ID=224F2) Bill Walker Site
Borries construction provided Barge and Tug services while PRIMOFISH.COM provided spotter boat services. The load consisted of relatively large concrete columns and "T"'s. Surrounding depth was 56.0 feet with a minimum water clearance of 48 feet. The predicted Tide level was 0.9 feet at the time of deployment (6AM), had a range of 0.1 to 1.8 feet. Predicted High Tide was at 1:21PM and Low Tide was at 11:36PM. DGPS data was tracking 9 Satellites, had a hoop of 0.9, and an accuracy of 8 feet. The material was deployed in the southwest quarter of the site, south of the Waterspout wreck. The material was deposited within a 200 foot radius centered at the following coordinates:
Lat 30°05.348' Long 88°34.241'
TD's 12430.2 47044.4 29606.3
990728 FH-2 Rubble (ID=225F2) Bill Walker Site
Borries construction provided Barge and Tug services while PRIMOFISH.COM provided spotter boat services. The load consisted of relatively large concrete columns and "T"'s. Surrounding depth was 56.0 feet with a minimum water clearance of 48 feet. The predicted Tide level was 0.1 feet at the time of deployment (730AM), had a range of 0.1 to 2.1 feet. Predicted High Tide was at 10:56AM and Low Tide was at 9:23PM. DGPS data was tracking 8 Satellites, had a hoop of 1.0, and an accuracy of 8 feet. The material was deployed in the southeast corner of the Site within a 150 foot radius centered at the following coordinates:
Lat 30°04.976' Long 88°32.901'
TD's 12443.8 47043.1 29618.3
990801 FH-13 Rubble (ID=226F13) St. Michael Site
This material was donated and loaded by Ingalls Shipbuilding. Colle Towing Company provided Barge and Tug services while PRIMOFISH.COM provided spotter boat services. The load consisted of very large concrete blocks and columns as well as steel I-Beams. Surrounding depth was 71.0 feet with a minimum water clearance of 60 feet. The predicted Tide level was 1.4 feet at the time of deployment (1030AM) and had a range of 0.5 to 1.6 feet. Horn Island Pass predicted High Tide was at 1:25PM and Low Tide was at 10:27PM. DGPS data was tracking 9 Satellites, had a hoop of 0.9, and an accuracy of 7 feet. The material was deployed in the north central portion of the site, near the St. Michael wreck. The material was deposited within a 300 foot radius centered at the following coordinates:
Lat 30°02.519' Long 88°31.544'
TD's 12457.7 47033.2 29621.7
990804 FH-13 Rubble (ID=227F13) St. Michael Site
This material was donated and loaded by Ingalls Shipbuilding. Colle Towing Company provided Barge and Tug services while PRIMOFISH.COM provided spotter boat services. The load consisted of very large concrete blocks and columns as well as steel I-Beams. Surrounding depth was 68.0 feet with a minimum water clearance of 64 feet. The predicted Tide level was 1.1 feet at the time of deployment (10AM) and had a range of 0.7 to 1.5 feet. Horn Island Pass predicted High Tide was at 5:40AM and Low Tide was at 4:05PM. DGPS data was tracking 8 Satellites, had a hoop of 1.4, and an accuracy of 14 feet. The material was deployed in the north central portion of the site, near the St. Michael wreck. The material was deposited within a 100 foot radius centered at the following coordinates:
Lat 30°03.052' Long 88°31.062'
TD's 12462.5 47035.2 29628.8
990805 FH-2 Rubble (ID=228F2) Bill Walker Site
Borries construction provided Barge and Tug services while PRIMOFISH.COM provided spotter boat services. The load consisted of relatively large concrete columns and "T"'s. Surrounding depth was 55.0 feet with a minimum water clearance of 47 feet. The predicted Tide level was 0.5 feet at the time of deployment (1PM), had a range of 0.4 to 1.8 feet. Horn Island Pass predicted High Tide was at 6:03AM and Low Tide was at 4:42PM. DGPS data was tracking 9 Satellites, had a hoop of 0.8, and an accuracy of 7 feet. The material was deployed in the northeast end of the Site within a 150 foot radius centered at the following coordinates:
Lat 30°05.325' Long 88°33.486'
TD's 12437.8 47044.4 29613.7