RMS Queen Mary Facts for Kids

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RMS Queen Mary at Long Beach, California
Name	RMS Queen Mary
Operator	Cunard White Star Line
Port of registry	Liverpool
Ordered	3 April 1929
Builder	list error: <br /> list (help) John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland
Laid down	1 December 1930
Launched	26 September 1934 by Her Majesty the Queen
Christened	26 September 1934
Out of service	9 December 1967 (retired)
Identification	Radio Callsign GBTT
Fate	Became a hotel ship
Status	list error: <br /> list (help) Now hotel / restaurant / museum, Long Beach, California
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	81,237 GRT
Displacement	81,961 tonnes
Length	list error: <br /> list (help) 1,019.4 ft (310.7 m)^* oa 965 ft (294.1 m)^* B.P.
Beam	118 ft (36.0 m)^*
Height	181 ft (55.2 m)^*
Draft	39 ft (11.9 m)^*
Propulsion	24 Yarrow boilers, 4 sets of Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines on 4 shafts, 160.000 shp
Speed	approximately 28.5 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)^* service speed.
Capacity	2139 passengers: 776 first (cabin) class, 784 tourist class, 579 third class
Crew	1101 crew

RMS Queen Mary
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

NRHP reference No.	92001714
Added to NRHP	15 April 1993

RMS Queen Mary is a ship in Long Beach, California. It is docked in the harbor. It was an ocean liner that sailed in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967.

With the outbreak of World War II, she was changed into a troopship. Queen Mary moved Allied soldiers for the rest of the war. Following the war, Queen Mary was refitted for passenger service.

The ship now is a tourist attraction featuring restaurants, a museum, and hotel. The ship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Scale models of Queen Mary (foreground) and Queen Elizabeth (background) created by John Brown & Company, on display at the Glasgow Museum of Transport
Overhead view of Queen Mary docked at Long Beach in 2008
A Queen Mary baggage tag
"It's Men That Count", a late 1930s promotional poster for the Cunard Line
Arriving in New York Harbor, 20 June 1945, with thousands of US soldiers
Normandie, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in New York in 1940, docked due to the war
Queen Mary's forward superstructure, shown here in Long Beach. When she came to Long Beach, the Sun Deck windows were enlarged and an anti-aircraft gun was placed on display astride the foremast to represent the Second World War days of the liner.
Southampton 1960
Queen Mary on the North Sea, 1959
Queen Mary at New York, c. 1961
Queen Mary from the northern side of Long Beach harbour
Queen Mary from the stern
Passageway in first-class accommodation, now part of the onboard hotel
Queen Mary's bridge
Sun setting behind the Queen Mary in Long Beach
Ship as a hotel, with permanent boarding gangways
First Class accommodation on Queen Mary, converted into a present-day hotel room with modern curtains, bedding, fixtures and amenities surrounded by original wood panelling and portholes
Starboard sun deck, 1972
Queen Mary and Queen Mary 2 meeting in Long Beach, California under the words "HAIL TO THE QUEENS" formed by skywriting
Queen Mary's wireless radio room
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RMS Queen Mary facts for kids

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