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| Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - 55 feet remain visible after the crew of the Floating Instrument Platform, or FLIP, partially flood the ballast tanks causing the vessel to turn stern first into the ocean. (1).jpg en The Department of the Navy's Floating Instrument Platform FLIP begins the process of transitioning from horizontal to vertical by filling ballast tanks in the stern during a cruise commemorating 50 years of continuous service to the scientific community The 355-foot research vessel owned by the Office of Naval Research and operated by the Marine Physical Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California conducts investigations in a number of fields including acoustics oceanography meteorology and marine mammal observation http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/7494170678/ 2012-06-30 14 41 U S Navy/John F Williams U S Navy photo 120630-N-PO203-144 Navy cc-by-2 0 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/7494170678 2012-11-13 01 18 19 cc-by-2 0 R P FLIP ship 1962 Photographs taken on 2012-06-30 Taken with Nikon D3s | ||||
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