Designed by scientists at Scripps's Marine Physical Laboratory, FLIP was operated by Scripps Oceanography for the U.S. Navy. (FLIP was retired in August 2023.) Normally docked with Scripps’s fleet in ...

FLIP diagram from Marine Physical Laboratory brochure. Research Platform FLIP was a 355-foot-long non-propelled manned spar buoy designed as a stable research platform for oceanographic research. FLIP ...

The FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform ... and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The unique 355-foot ship is able to turn 90 degrees when “flipped” at sea to provide a stable, mobile ...