Unusual naval projects. The strangest ship in the world - RP Flip
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The US Navy Research Unit owns the most unusual ship in the world. This is an unusual oceanographic equipment in the form of a floating platform Flip. This platform was created at the Marine Research Laboratory in Oceanography at the University of California. Flip is not entirely a vessel, but all researchers live and work on it in the open ocean for quite long periods of time. We can say that this is a huge specialized buoy that has amazing property- flip over (Flip - literally translated as “turn over”). 
The length of the ship is 108 meters. There are small narrow compartments along the entire length and a large hollow compartment at the end. While the long tanks are filled with air, the Flip is in a horizontal position, and when they are filled sea water, it is like a float leveled above the sea surface, which provides it with very great stability during strong storms. When it is necessary to return to a horizontal position, the water is released and the vessel can be transported to a new location. 
The internal parts are arranged for two positions of the ship. For example, the cabins have two doors, making it easy to move to a new position. Toilets and some elements in the kitchen are duplicated here. The duration of the entire coup process is 28 minutes, which is quite fast for such a huge ship. 
It is known from history that this changeover ship was built 50 years ago, in 1962, by scientists Fred Fisher and Fred Spiess, who needed a quieter and more stable vessel to study the behavior of sound waves underwater. 
The purpose of creating Flip was to study wave heights, acoustic signals, water temperature and its density. Everything has been thought out in order to carry out this research here: in order not to interfere with acoustic instruments, the vessel has no engines, and it constantly needs to be towed to the research site, where it will be anchored. IN vertical position the vessel becomes extremely stable and quiet.
Seismic exploration company Petroleum Geo-Services has placed a preliminary order for the construction of two W-class Ramform vessels from the Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The vessels are representatives of the new fifth generation of the Ramform series. The cost of each of them is estimated at $250 million.
Commissioning of the first of them is scheduled for the first half of 2013, the second - for the second half.
Safety, efficiency and performance are key features The new Ramform Titan, equipped with 24 offshore seismic streamers, was recently unveiled at the MHI shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. The new ship will be the most powerful and efficient marine seismic vessel ever built. She is also the widest (at the waterline) ship in the world. Safety and performance were the main considerations when designing the vessel. This is the first of four ships to be built in Japan.
The new vessel brings together the advanced marine technology and marine seismic capabilities of GeoStreamer technology. The entire stern of the 70 m wide vessel is occupied by 24 drums with seismic streamers. 16 of them are located on the same line, and another 8 are slightly ahead. Increased operating space and advanced equipment make operations involving the new ship safer and more functional. For PGS and its clients, faster deployment and retrieval of equipment, as well as increased duration at sea, mean faster completion of seismic surveys and increased uptime in adverse weather conditions. The period between calls at the shipyard for repairs has also been increased by 50%. The Ramform Titan sets new standards in seismic exploration for the next 20 years.
John Erik Reinhardsen, President and CEO of PGS, commented: “The Ramform Titan is building seismic surveys on new level. We have combined the most advanced technology with the most powerful and efficient vessel in the industry. The Ramform Titan will join our fleet and further strengthen the company's position in the market, giving us an advantage for the next 10 years." The new product is equipped with 24 drums, each of which “carries” a seismic streamer 12 km long. This gives the ship excellent flexibility and reserve for carrying out even the most demanding work. The vessel carries more than 6 thousand tons of fuel and equipment. Typically, it will tow behind it a network of several hundred thousand seismic sensors covering an area of more than 12 square meters. km, which is equivalent to 1,500 football fields or three and a half Central Parks in New York. The Ramform Titan provides a safe and comfortable accommodation and work environment for its 80 crew members. There are 60 single cabins on board, as well as 10 double cabins for visitors with separate bathrooms.
The Ramform type is characterized by an unusual deltoid hull shape in plan with a wide stern. The first vessel of this type was the long-range sonar surveillance vessel Marjata, built for the Norwegian Navy back in the '90s. Engineering staff from PGS noted high level collection of seismic information from such a vessel, which was ensured precisely by the delta-shaped shape of the hull. It is expected that such vessel design will fully unleash the potential of GeoStreamer technology, developed by PGS. The company plans to strengthen its position in the fast-growing seismic segment high resolution, where longer seismic streamers are required, high efficiency of their towing, as well as large areas of coverage of the studied zones. High-resolution seismic is increasingly in demand due to the rapid growth of the deepwater drilling industry, especially in challenging areas such as Brazil, West Africa and the Gulf of Mexico. PGS says GeoStreamer will allow a more complete “see” of fertile strata and the North Sea.
Seismic Survey Ship (SSS) = Seismic Survey Vessel Ramform Titan (Flag of the Bahamas, built 2013, IMO 9629885) en route to the port of Bergen (Norway) 09/28/2013. Vessel data: Length 104.2 m, Width at the stern 70 m 24 winches with cables with a total length of 12 km Fuel tank capacity 6000 tons 3 propellers Tows several hundred thousand electronic sensors covering an area of more than 12 square km The power plant produces 18 megawatts (3 x 6 megawatts) Cruising speed 16 knots Crew 80 Built in Japan at the Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard
In a nutshell: today the best seismic survey vessel in the world.
The American naval research unit owns some rather strange oceanographic equipment, in particular, the floating platform Flip, created at the Laboratory of Marine Research and Oceanography at the University of California. The Flip is not exactly a ship, although researchers have lived and worked on it for quite some time. long periods research in the open ocean. In fact, this is a huge specialized buoy, and the most unusual thing about it is that it actually turns over (Flip - literally translated as “turn over”)... Let's find out more about this floating miracle.
The Flip is 108 meters long, with small narrow compartments along almost the entire length and a large hollow compartment at the end. When these long tanks are simply filled with air, the Flip is in a horizontal position, but when they are filled with seawater, it floats like a float above the sea surface, which gives it very great stability during strong storms. When the water is released, the vessel returns to a horizontal position and can be transported to a new location.
Everything inside is arranged in such a way that when there is a revolution, everything adapts to the new position. The cabins have two doors, making it easy to move to a new position. Toilets and some elements in the kitchen are duplicated here. The entire turning process takes 28 minutes, which is quite fast for such a giant.
This shifter was built 50 years ago, in 1962, by scientists Fred Fisher and Fred Spiess, who needed a quieter and more stable vessel to study the behavior of sound waves underwater.
Flip was designed to study wave heights, acoustic signals, water temperature and density. To avoid interfering with acoustic instruments, the vessel has no engines and must be constantly towed to the research site where it will be anchored. In a vertical position the vessel becomes extremely stable and quiet.
Already during the very first tests, a lot of important data was collected on water circulation, the formation of storm waves and the movement of seismic waves, the temperature interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere, the sounds of marine animals and many other important areas. 
