R/P FLIP ( floating instrument platform ) is an open ocean research platform that was owned by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . The platform is 108 meters (355 ft) long and is designed to partially flood and pitch backward 90°, resulting in only the front 17 meters (55 ft) of the platform pointing up out of the water, with bulkheads becoming decks. When flipped, most of the buoyancy for the platform is provided by water at depths below the influence of surface waves, hence FLIP is stable and mostly immune to wave action, similar to a spar buoy . At the end of a mission, compressed air is pumped into the ballast tanks in the flooded section and the platform, which has no propulsion, returned to its horizontal position so it can be towed to a new location. The platform is frequently mistaken for a capsized ocean transport ship.
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104-657: A cartoon character Flip, the title character of Flip's Twisted World , a video game Flip the Frog , a cartoon character Flip the grasshopper, a character in the children's book The Adventures of Maya the Bee Music [ edit ] Flip Records (1950s) , a rhythm and blues and doo-wop label based in Los Angeles Flip Records (1994) , a record label in California Flips,
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156-777: A chain of gourmet hamburger restaurants in the southern United States Flip Skateboards , a skateboard and clothing company Events [ edit ] Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty , or FLIP , an annual literary festival in Paraty, Brazil Festival Ludique International de Parthenay , or FLIP , a games fair in Parthenay, France Flip Animation Festival , Wolverhampton (UK) based international animation festival Mathematics and statistics [ edit ] Flip (mathematics) , an operation in algebraic geometry Reflection (mathematics) , sometimes called flip, an operation that preserves distances Coin flip ,
182-667: A chain of gourmet hamburger restaurants in the southern United States Flip Skateboards , a skateboard and clothing company Events [ edit ] Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty , or FLIP , an annual literary festival in Paraty, Brazil Festival Ludique International de Parthenay , or FLIP , a games fair in Parthenay, France Flip Animation Festival , Wolverhampton (UK) based international animation festival Mathematics and statistics [ edit ] Flip (mathematics) , an operation in algebraic geometry Reflection (mathematics) , sometimes called flip, an operation that preserves distances Coin flip ,
208-409: A coin toss with a 50/50 chance of "heads" or "tails" Science and technology [ edit ] Flip (form) , a hinged form factor for handheld electronic devices Fast Local Internet Protocol , or FLIP, a suite of internet protocols FLICE-like inhibitory protein (see CFLAR ), protein involved in apoptosis Flip Video , a video camcorder Fluorescence loss in photobleaching , or FLIP,
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260-432: A conversation between MPL researcher Frederick H. Fisher and MPL Director Fred N. Spiess regarding stability problems that Fisher was encountering when using the submarine USS Baya (SS-318) as a research platform. Spiess recalled a suggestion from Allyn Vine that upending a ship might make it more stable, based on Vine's observation of a Navy mop floating in waves. Fisher was subsequently assigned to work on
286-520: A leap followed by one or more revolutions while airborne Flip jump , a figure skating element "The Flip", a baseball play made in the 2001 American League Division Series by Derek Jeter Other uses [ edit ] Flip (cocktail) Franklin Large Igneous Province (FLIP), a large area of igneous rock in northern North America Flip page , the visual effect of turning pages in digital publications Flip hairstyle,
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#1732780872064312-445: A leap followed by one or more revolutions while airborne Flip jump , a figure skating element "The Flip", a baseball play made in the 2001 American League Division Series by Derek Jeter Other uses [ edit ] Flip (cocktail) Franklin Large Igneous Province (FLIP), a large area of igneous rock in northern North America Flip page , the visual effect of turning pages in digital publications Flip hairstyle,
338-592: A microscopy technique Freenet Lightweight Irc Program, or FLIP, a plugin for Freenet allowing irc-like chat RP FLIP ("Floating Instrument Platform"), an oceanic research vessel Functional Lumen Imaging Probe (FLIP) is a test used to evaluate the function of the esophagus Flip (software) , a video discussion platform by Microsoft for use in classrooms FLIP = CFLAR , c-Fas-associated death domain-like interleukin-1-converting enzyme-like inhibitory protein Sports [ edit ] Flip (acrobatic) ,
364-543: A microscopy technique Freenet Lightweight Irc Program, or FLIP, a plugin for Freenet allowing irc-like chat RP FLIP ("Floating Instrument Platform"), an oceanic research vessel Functional Lumen Imaging Probe (FLIP) is a test used to evaluate the function of the esophagus Flip (software) , a video discussion platform by Microsoft for use in classrooms FLIP = CFLAR , c-Fas-associated death domain-like interleukin-1-converting enzyme-like inhibitory protein Sports [ edit ] Flip (acrobatic) ,
390-539: A pier at Scripps. At the decommissioning, Scripps’ Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL) Director Eric Terrill lauded the system and the spirit that inspired it, saying “ FLIP set the stage for thinking big about what could be done with technology to enable new scientific discoveries ... It was built in an era of risk-taking; a spirit that we try to embrace to this day and encourage in the next generation of seagoing scientists.” On October 23rd, 2024, DEEP, an organization working to expand access for ocean exploration, announced
416-422: A short name of The Flaming Lips , an American rock band formed in 1983 Flip (album) , a 1985 solo album by Nils Lofgren The Flip (album) , a 1969 album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley "Flip", by Barenaked Ladies from Detour de Force Business [ edit ] Flip or Flipping , an American term for buying and reselling something quickly, particularly real estate Flip Burger Boutique ,
442-422: A short name of The Flaming Lips , an American rock band formed in 1983 Flip (album) , a 1985 solo album by Nils Lofgren The Flip (album) , a 1969 album by jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley "Flip", by Barenaked Ladies from Detour de Force Business [ edit ] Flip or Flipping , an American term for buying and reselling something quickly, particularly real estate Flip Burger Boutique ,
468-574: The COVID-19 pandemic and reduced funding, the decision was taken to scrap the platform. In August 2023, Rob Sparrock, the program officer overseeing ONR’s research vessel program noted that it “... would cost about $ 8 million to make FLIP useable for another five or 10 years, but that funding could be better used elsewhere.” On August 3, 2023, the storied vessel departed for a scrap yard in Mexico, apart from an instrument boom which will be installed on
494-578: The Office of Naval Research and the assistance of the commercial naval architecture firm The Glosten Associates. FLIP was originally built to support research into the fine-scale phase and amplitude fluctuations in undersea sound waves caused by thermal gradients and sloping ocean bottoms. This acoustic research was conducted as a portion of the Navy's SUBROC program. Development started in January 1960 after
520-521: The feasibility and later development of such a vessel. The Gunderson Brothers Engineering Company in Portland, Oregon, launched FLIP on 22 June 1962. FLIP was designed to study wave height, acoustic signals, water temperature and density , and for the collection of meteorological data. Because of the potential interference with the acoustic instruments, FLIP had no means of propulsion. It required towing to open water, where it drifted freely or
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#1732780872064572-446: The title Flip . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flip&oldid=1259623108 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Flip From Misplaced Pages,
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624-418: The toilet seats, could flip 90°, and the shower heads were curved 90°. There were overhead lights on the surfaces that were the ceilings in both the towing (horizontal) and flipped orientations. FLIP was used on a number of research expeditions at Scripps, often towed off shore of California, with the last cruise being September-October 2017. Research conducted on FLIP has included studies of: Following
650-567: Was anchored. FLIP was 700 gross tons . It carried a crew of five, plus up to eleven scientists. It was capable of operating independently during month-long missions without resupply. It could be operated around the world, although it normally operated off the west coast of the United States from a home base at Scripps' Nimitz Marine Facility in San Diego , California . The ship had specially designed interiors: some fixtures, such as
676-564: Was in late 2017, with ONR ending its support of the vessel in 2020. It was berthed at the Nimitz Marine Facility pier (Scripps) in Point Loma until being towed away to be scrapped on August 4, 2023. However, FLIP was purchased in 2024 by DEEP with plans to overhaul and modernize the platform for ocean research. The Marine Physical Laboratory (MPL) of Scripps Institution of Oceanography created FLIP with funding from
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