Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - The Floating Instrument Platform, or FLIP, is partially submerged in the Pacific Ocean..jpg en The Floating Instrument Platform or FLIP is partially submerged in the Pacific Ocean the 355-foot research vessel owned by the Office of Naval Research ONR and operated by the Marine Physical Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California is celebrating 50 years of operation FLIP conducts investigations in acoustics oceanography meteorology and marine mammal observation http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/7489236638/ 2012-06-30 15 00 U S Navy/John F Williams U S Navy photo 120630-N-PO203-274 Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/7489236638 2012-11-13 01 04 22 cc-by-2 0 R P FLIP ship 1962 2012-06-30 Taken with Nikon D3s |