SAN DIEGO — One of the most innovative research platforms used by Scripps Institution of Oceanography officially retired earlier this month after more than six decades in service, the research center ...

LA JOLLALA JOLLA — When Bruce Appelgate was in fourth grade, he read a book featuring world explorers. Among them was the FLoating Instrument Platform, or FLIP. Little did Appelgate know that one day, ...

A dynamic era in naval oceanography recently ended as the iconic Floating Instrument Platform — popularly known as FLIP — was officially retired from service. Built in 1962 with funding from the ...

Tugboats on Aug. 3 towing UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography research platform FLIP to a facility to be dismantled. Photo credit: Erik Jepsen, UC San Diego The sun has set on “an ...

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 ...

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 ...

DEEP.com save RP FLIP and bring to Europe for the first time BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM, October 25, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- R/P FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform ...

When Bruce Appelgate was in fourth grade, he read a book featuring world explorers. Among them was the FLoating Instrument Platform, or FLIP. Little did Appelgate know that one day, not only would he ...