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2. RP FLIP - Wikipedia

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   RP FLIP. R/P FLIP (floating instrument platform) was an open ocean research platform [3][5] owned by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. [6] The platform was 108 meters (355 ft) long and was designed to partially flood and pitch backward 90°, resulting in only the front 17 meters (55 ...

3. List of fictional ships - Wikipedia

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   Ilya Podogin – Soviet SSN, Icebound by Dean Koontz, 1995. USS Independence – fictional Wasp -class amphibious assault ship where a large part of The Swarm by Frank Schätzing takes place, 2004. Indra – schooner, Secret Sea by Robb White, 1947. HMS Iphigenia – frigate, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971.

4. SS El Faro - Wikipedia

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   SS. El Faro. SS El Faro was a United States- flagged, combination roll-on/roll-off and lift-on/lift-off cargo ship crewed by U.S. merchant mariners. Built in 1975 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. as Puerto Rico, the vessel was renamed Northern Lights in 1991 and, finally, El Faro in 2006. She was lost at sea with her entire crew of 33 on ...

5. Costa Concordia disaster - Wikipedia

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   On 13 January 2012, the seven-year-old Costa Cruises vessel Costa Concordia was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when it deviated from its planned route at Isola del Giglio, Tuscany in order to perform at sail-by salute, sailed closer to the island than intended, and struck a rock formation on the sea floor.

6. Vasa (ship) - Wikipedia

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   3-pounders—8. 1-pounders—2. stormstycken (howitzers)—6. Notes. Source for dimensions & tonnage [1] Vasa or Wasa (Swedish pronunciation: [²vɑːsa] ⓘ) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628.

7. USS Sequoia (presidential yacht) - Wikipedia

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   USS Sequoia is the former presidential yacht used during the administrations of Herbert Hoover through Jimmy Carter; setting a cost-cutting example, Carter ordered her sold in 1977. Often called the “floating White House”, the Sequoia offered presidents, first families and high-ranking government officials a place to escape the complexities ...