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
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 m3 (2,700 cu ft); Fuel oil 409 m3 (14,400 cu ft); Tank ballast 443 m3 (15,600 cu ft);
Notes

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

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