Haiti Relief: Petersburg

Petersburg is an Offshore Petroleum Discharge System tanker, a tanker that has been specially modified to deliver petroleum products to military forces in areas where port facilities are damaged or non-existent.   Within 48 hours of arrival on station, OPDS can be installed and commence pumping 1.2 million gallons per day from up to four miles off shore and at water depths down to 200 feet. If the ship is moored within two nautical miles of the shore, two different products may be pumped simultaneously through two separate conduits.  OPDS Petersburg is part of the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force.  The ship was deactivated from the Haiti operation on January 25, 2010.