Warren Currie 🦠🦐Aug 9, 2023

[EDIT] FLIP is saved!
https://newatlas.com/marine/flipping-flip-ship-saved/
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Well it had to happen eventually. #Scripps is retiring FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform). This is an amazing piece of engineering (and soooo weird on the inside - everything pivots, so walls become floors). The #ship to be towed out to a location, and it would literally flip, sinking most of the ship directly down to give a *very stable platform for #oceanography research. Launched in 1962.

https://maritime-executive.com/article/world-s-strangest-research-vessel-heads-for-scrapyard-after-51-years

Flipping FLIP ship saved from scrapyard at last minute

The US Navy and Scripps Institution of Oceanography's unique FLoating Instrument Platform (FLIP) has been saved at the last minute from the breaker's yard. Scheduled to be scrapped in Mexico, it was purchased by undersea design company DEEP.

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Show threadWarren Currie 🦠🦐

OK, everyone, I get it. Everyone loves weird research ships and #oceanography, but I give up and have temporarily muted notifications this thread. 😁😘

I'll make an effort to respond to questions though 🤗

Here are some excellent videos on FLIP to keep you busy.
Fred Fisher presentation (co-inventor)
https://youtu.be/bM6jFokRoZk

Tour of FLIP
https://youtu.be/shPATcV9Dzw

FLIP: The World's Strangest Research Lab - Perspectives on Ocean Science

Join Fred Fisher, co-inventor of FLIP, or Floating Instrument Platform as he shares a unique look at this strange research vessel's rich history. Series: "Pe...

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Show threadYiffyToysAug 11, 2023

@DrPlanktonguy

ROTFL.
The bathroom of #Flip is cool.