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Crazy FLIP ship designed to change its orientation–from horizontal to vertical

August 12th, 2010 link to (permalink)

This has got to be the weirdest oceangoing vessel I've ever seen: The FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform) was a ship apparently built in 1962 as a research platform.

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