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[EDIT] FLIP is saved!
https://newatlas.com/marine/flipping-flip-ship-saved/
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Well it had to happen eventually. #Scripps is retiring FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform). This is an amazing piece of engineering (and soooo weird on the inside - everything pivots, so walls become floors). The #ship to be towed out to a location, and it would literally flip, sinking most of the ship directly down to give a *very stable platform for #oceanography research. Launched in 1962.
Faux around & find out
@DrPlanktonguy IIRC- Yup, the lack of a propulsion system really limited the possibilities for the Navy to continue to sponsor it under Office of Naval Research funding. Is a replacement planned, or will efforts focus on RVs & oil platforms?
@DrPlanktonguy@ecoevo.social@camstonefaux my understanding is that the combination of autonomous Ocean #Gliders, profiling #ARGO floats, and new advanced ships that can deploy #ROV and other instruments is the focus. Scripps also has a brand new hydrogen powered hybrid #oceanography vessel being built to replace the RV Robert Gordon Sproul.
https://maritime-executive.com/article/scripps-picks-designer-for-one-of-a-kind-hydrogen-hybrid-research-ship
