Ballast inside the stern helps to keep the RP FLIP upright even during heavy waves. The inside of the ship looks particularly strange, as each utility requires two configurations. This means that ...

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 ...

FLIP, the FLoating Instrument Platform, was not a ship, but a 355-foot-long research platform that can be deployed for oceanographic research. Designed by scientists at Scripps's Marine Physical ...