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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...