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Queen
Mary
1126 Queens Highway
Long Beach, California 90801
Phone: 562.435.3511
Queen
Mary Hotel Reservations
Located just across
the harbor from Aquarium of the Pacific, this 81,237 ton passenger
liner (overall length 1,019.5 ft.) that entered service in 1936
was retired in 1967 and arrived in Long Beach, Calif. where
it is permanently moored.
During World War II, the Queen Mary carried a total of 765,429
military personnel, sailed a total of 569,429 miles, carried
up to 15,000 troops at one time, carried wounded returning to
the United States, transported Winston Churchill three times
to conferences and carried 12,886 G.I. brides and children.
Self-guiding tour takes you to the bridge, ward rooms, officer's
quarters, engine rooms and upper decks. The guided tour takes
you to areas otherwise offlimits to the general public. The
365 staterooms now serve as the Queen
Mary Hotel.
Open Daily: 9AM-9PM (Late June-Labor Day)
10AM-6PM Rest of year
Queen
Mary Chronology
1936-1967
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27
December 1930
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Keel
laid |
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12
December 1931
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Work
suspended due to economic depression |
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December
1933
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British
Government announces subsidy for the merged Cunard
and White Star Lines |
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3
April 1934
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Work
resumed on hull #534 |
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26
September 1934
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Queen
Mary launched |
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24
March 1936
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Departed
Clydebank |
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26
March 1936
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Arrived
Southampton |
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April
1936
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Speed
trials |
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27
May 1936
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Maiden
voyage from Southampton to New York |
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5
June 1936
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Maiden
voyage from New York to Southampton |
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17
June 1936
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Second
voyage from Southampton to New York |
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30
August 1939
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Last
pre-war sailing from Southampton |
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March
1940 -
September 1946
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War
service |
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31
July 1947
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Resumed
peacetime passenger service |
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19
September 1967
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Retired
from passenger service after 1001 Atlantic crossings. |
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Tuesday,
31 October 1967
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Departed
on 'Last Great Cruise' |
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Saturday,
9 October 1967
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Arrived
at Long Beach, California |
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Monday,
11 December 1967
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Ownership
officially transferred from the Cunard Line to the
City of Long Beach. Queen Mary removed from the
British Registry of Ships |
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