LA JOLLALA JOLLA — When Bruce Appelgate was in fourth grade, he read a book featuring world explorers. Among them was the FLoating Instrument Platform, or FLIP. Little did Appelgate know that one day, ...

Floating Instrument Platform, or FLIP, is partially submerged in the Pacific Ocean in 2012. US Navy Photo The former Navy research platform R/V FLIP has been described variously from its launch in ...

The US Navy and Scripps Institution of Oceanography's unique FLoating Instrument Platform (FLIP) has been saved at the last minute from the breaker's yard. Scheduled to be scrapped in Mexico, it was ...

A dynamic era in naval oceanography recently ended as the iconic Floating Instrument Platform — popularly known as FLIP — was officially retired from service. Built in 1962 with funding from the ...