From Minesweeper J-826 to ICON, Jacques-Yves Cousteau's CALYPSO

MAY 08 2026

From Minesweeper J-826 to ICON, Jacques-Yves Cousteau's CALYPSO

From minesweeper J-826 to icon. Struck from the naval register in 1947, she was converted to a Malta-Gozo ferry and renamed Calypso before Cousteau ever saw her: he did not name her.

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