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Calypso was the main ship in all three feature documentary films that Cousteau directed in his career: The Silent World (1956, awarded with the Academy Award for Documentary Feature and the 1956 Palme d'Or), World Without Sun (1964, which also won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature) and Voyage to the Edge of the World (1976).
According to the Cousteau Society, "when compared to the thrust coefficient of the best sails ever built (Marconi or square types, i.e. ships of the American Cup [sic] or the Japanese wind propulsion system) that of the turbosail is 3.5 to 4 times superior and gives the system a unique advantage for the economical propulsion of ships."
Merritt-Chapman & Scott, nicknamed "The Black Horse of the Sea", was a noted marine salvage and construction firm of the United States, with worldwide operations. The chief predecessor company was founded in the 1860s by Israel Merritt, but a large number of other firms were merged in over the course of the company's history.
USS Calypso has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Calypso (1863), an armed steamer in commission from 1863 to 1865; USS Calypso (SP-632), a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919; USS Calypso (AG-35), an auxiliary ship in commission from 1941 to 1942
USS YMS-328 is a decommissioned US Navy YMS-1-class (YMS-135 subclass) Yard Mine Sweeper (YMS), built in Ballard, Washington (Seattle) at Ballard Marine & Railway. She was classified as a Mark II design and her hull is constructed completely out of 3" vertical grain Douglas fir.
Pages in category "Ships built in Chicago" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. USS AFDM-3; B.
HMS Calliope was a Calypso-class corvette (later classified as a third-class cruiser) of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom which served from 1887 until 1951. Exemplifying the transitional nature of the late Victorian navy, Calliope was a sailing corvette—the last such ship built for the Royal Navy—but supplemented the full sail rig with a powerful engine.
Jacques Cousteau's well-known research ship Calypso was originally built by the Ballard Marine Railway Company of Seattle, Washington, United States.She was a BYMS Mark 1-class motor minesweeper, laid down on 12 August 1941 with the yard designation BYMS-26, and launched on 21 March 1942.