Resarch platform FLIP Ship to be refitted instead of scrapped
The famed vessel will return to the ocean in 2026. By Gail Sherman
The R/P FLIP (Research Platform FLoating Instrument Platform) was built in 1962 by the US Navy and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. It features the unique ability to tilt a full ninety degrees, submerging most of the structure underwater and leaving only the section containing living quarters above the water, looking like somethi…
