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 ...

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, ...

Floating Instrument Platform, or FLIP, is partially submerged in the Pacific Ocean in 2012. US Navy Photo The former Navy research platform R/V FLIP has been described variously from its launch in ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...