Flip

[Kilo]

The FLIP research vessel (Floating Instrument Platform) is the only ship in the world having the ability to flip from a horizontal position to a vertical position while at sea.

http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/0...ping-ship.html

[notorious_ville]

If that´s not fubar I don´t know what is!

[Ol' Bob]

that's about the most inpractical thing I have ever seen.

[Lt-Col A. Tack]

Published on Jul 2, 2012 by usnavyresearch

The Department of the Navy's Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) celebrates its 50th anniversary doing what it does best. 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, conducts investigations in a number of fields, including acoustics, oceanography, meteorology and marine mammal observation.

[Lt-Col A. Tack]

FLIP: The Only Ship That Stays Afloat Vertically or Horizontally

FLIP: The World's Strangest Research Lab

RP FLIP (Wikipedia)

[Lt-Col A. Tack]