FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform) is a research platform owned by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR).
355 ft long and designed to flood and pitch backward 90°, only the front of the ship remains visible above water.
The ship is stable and immune to most wave action. The ship has no propulsion and must be towed from location to location.
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Why?
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To conduct a range of research activities including meteorology, geophysics, physical oceanography, marine mammal research, non-acoustic ASW and laser propagation experiments.
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Thank you sir. My life is pretty boring I guess. Haha
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OMG!
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