Tipping US weathership

[nik]

There is a ship used for weather surveys that once sailed to its position, tips through 90 degrees to a position that resembles a danbouy, its quite big by the way.
I have seen a couple of short videos about it. But, I can't remember what its called and I cant find any links that refer to it.

So does anyone here remember what the ships name is? or even provide a link to it

Thanks, Nick.

[Siochair]

Originally Posted by nik

There is a ship used for weather surveys that once sailed to its position, tips through 90 degrees to a position that resembles a danbouy, its quite big by the way.
I have seen a couple of short videos about it. But, I can't remember what its called and I cant find any links that refer to it.

So does anyone here remember what the ships name is? or even provide a link to it

Thanks, Nick.

Is this the one? Bizarre 'flipping' research ship turns 50 | Crave - CNET

[ncp]

FLIP

RV FLIP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I didn't look recently (in the last month or so), but it's been sitting in San Diego Bay, Maybe Liney Dal has pictures somewhere?

[Boatnomad]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq8j86OenqM

[nik]

Yep, that is the one.

Thanks chaps.

[lightning]

It must have cost a fortune to build that.

Is it really worthwhile? It seems you cannot go into the underwater parts of the ship so what is the point of it?

I mean, there must be a point, but I don't see it.

[Festinghouse]

somebody must know something about this ship. i for one cant see any reason for it standing on end

[mick]

It was on TV the other week

[ncp]

It was in port last Saturday when I went by. I don't know how often it goes out. It has no propulsion so it needs to be towed.

It's a very stable platform once it's tipped up.

[ShinyShoe]

Originally Posted by Festinghouse

somebody must know something about this ship. i for one cant see any reason for it standing on end

Makes it very stable according to Wikipedia.

[captnjack]

Originally Posted by lightning

It must have cost a fortune to build that.

Is it really worthwhile? It seems you cannot go into the underwater parts of the ship so what is the point of it?

I mean, there must be a point, but I don't see it.

Its not a "ship", its essentially a giant live-aboard scientific buoy. The draft when tipped up is deep enough to be unaffected by local wave action.

Was built way back in the 1960s, back when Piccard was conducting bathysphere dives in the Marianna trench and other such naval research. I'm not sure anyone would bother to build anything like that today given autonomous buoys & gliders, and the development of remote sensing satellite technologies.

[mister p]

If you could tip like that you would, wouldn't you?Whales do it.