DrPlanktonguy, 10 months ago to random 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. https://maritime-executive.com/article/world-s-strangest-research-vessel-heads-for-scrapyard-after-51-years
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. https://maritime-executive.com/article/world-s-strangest-research-vessel-heads-for-scrapyard-after-51-years
bibliolater, 11 months ago to histodons #Image: a #Dutch sailing ship. #History #Ship #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Dutch_sailing_ship_-_KONB11-NEDERLANDS-ZEILSCHIP-NEHA.jpg Attribution: Bunkindoo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
#Image: a #Dutch sailing ship. #History #Ship #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Dutch_sailing_ship_-_KONB11-NEDERLANDS-ZEILSCHIP-NEHA.jpg
Attribution: Bunkindoo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons