FLIP Action Roll
FLIP, the FLoating Instrument Platform, was not a ship, but a 355-foot-long research platform that could be deployed for oceanographic research. Designed by scientists at Scripps's Marine Physical Laboratory, FLIP was operated by Scripps Oceanography for the U.S. Navy.
Normally docked with Scripps’s fleet in San Diego Bay, FLIP can be towed to out to sea in its horizontal position and then “flipped” 90 degrees so that 300 feet of its length are under water. This turns FLIP into a “spar buoy,” a tall, thin, weighty structure designed to be uniquely stable and resistant to wave motion.
FLIP was built in 1962 to help study long-range sound propagation for submarine warfare, but the platform has since supported research in geophysics, meteorology, physical oceanography, and other scientific fields. Its unique appearance and method of deployment made it a worldwide curiosity and the subject of many documentaries.
https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ships/flip
0:00 FLIP being towed out to sea
1:14 Detaching FLIP to prepare for flipping
1:55 FLIP begins flipping
2:13 FLIP's bow begins rising out of the water
3:01 FLIP fully flipped
3:10 Side angle of FLIP nearly vertical
3:18 More footage of horizontal FLIP from different angles
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