Originally designed as a floating buoy to acquire oceanographic information, the main component of a spar facility is the deep-draft floating chamber, or hollow cylindrical hull ...
THUNDER BAY — Icebreaking operations have started at Thunder Bay. The US Coast Guard cutter Spar arrived in port Tuesday for ...
THUNDER BAY — Icebreaking operations have started at Thunder Bay. The US Coast Guard cutter Spar arrived in port Tuesday for ...
FLIP diagram from Marine Physical Laboratory brochure. Research Platform FLIP was a 355-foot-long non-propelled manned spar buoy designed as a stable research platform for oceanographic research. FLIP ...