SAN DIEGO — One of the most innovative research platforms used by Scripps Institution of Oceanography officially retired earlier this month after more than six decades in service, the research center ...

An iconic ship that appears to capsize has been saved from the scrapyard - by a Bristol-based firm. The FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform) was a pioneering research vessel operated for more than ...

When Bruce Appelgate was in fourth grade, he read a book featuring world explorers. Among them was the FLoating Instrument Platform, or FLIP. Little did Appelgate know that one day, not only would he ...

STORY: This unique 'flipping' ship has been saved from the scrap heap, giving it a second life to continue its marine research. The ship called Flip is capable of rotating from horizontal to vertical.

Tugboats on Aug. 3 towing UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography research platform FLIP to a facility to be dismantled. Photo credit: Erik Jepsen, UC San Diego The sun has set on “an ...

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Tugs guide the Department of the Navy's Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) from her berth at the Nimitz Marine Facility in Point Loma, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released) Fifty-five ...

A dynamic era in naval oceanography recently ended as the iconic Floating Instrument Platform — popularly known as FLIP — was officially retired from service. Built in 1962 with funding from the ...

It may look like it’s capsizing, but the FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform) is the only vessel out there that can operate both horizontally and vertically. It was designed to “flip” at sea so that ...

https://talker.news/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/iconic-ship-tha-1269646.mp4 By Dean Murray via SWNS An iconic ship that appears to capsize has been saved from the ...

LA JOLLALA JOLLA — When Bruce Appelgate was in fourth grade, he read a book featuring world explorers. Among them was the FLoating Instrument Platform, or FLIP. Little did Appelgate know that one day, ...