FLIP, the FLoating Instrument Platform, was not a ship, but a 355-foot-long research platform that ... and then “flipped” 90 degrees so that 300 feet of its length are under water. This turned FLIP ...
This strange looking 355 foot-long ship is designed to partly capsize to carry out ocean research. The RP FLIP – short for Floating Instrument Platform – was created by the US Navy in 1962 and ...