This is FLIP which stands for floating instrument platform. It is owned by the US Navy and has been in service for past 58 years. Question is, what is the ships purpose #shorts Footage courtesy of U.S. Navy used under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Thank you for that! Special thanks to Scripps Oceanography as well. Note ""The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."