THE QUEEN MARY
Port of Long Beach, California
This former" Royal Mail Ship", was built in Scotland
and plied the North Atlantic from South Hampton,
England to New York as a luxury liner for 31 years
I with time out during World War II when she was
refitted to become a troop carrier. Weighing 81,231
tons, the Queen Mary is over 1,019 feet long, 118
feet wide, and 145 feet from the water line to the
top of the stacks. Purchased in 1967 by the city of
Long Beach, the Queen Mary sailed from New York
around the Cape Hom to her new home in Long
Beach, to become a hotel and convention center
with such attractions as restaurants, shops, and a
museum of the sea.
Photo by David Rubinoff
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