Queen Mary - Long Beach.com

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

27 December 1930 - Keel laid
12 December 1931 - Work suspended due to economic depression
December 1933 - British Government announces subsidy for the merged Cunard and White Star Lines
3 April 1934 - Work resumed on hull #534
26 September 1934 - Queen Mary launched
24 March 1936 - Departed Clydebank
26 March 1936 - Arrived Southampton
April 1936 - Speed trials
27 May 1936 - Maiden voyage from Southampton to New York
5 June 1936 - Maiden voyage from New York to Southampton
17 June 1936 - Second voyage from Southampton to New York
30 August 1939 - Last pre-war sailing from Southampton
March 1940 - September 1946 - War service
31 July 1947 - Resumed peacetime passenger service
19 September 1967 - Retired from passenger service after 1001 Atlantic crossings.
Tuesday, 31 October 1967 - Departed on 'Last Great Cruise'
Saturday, 9 October 1967 - Arrived at Long Beach, California
Monday, 11 December 1967 - Ownership officially transferred from the Cunard Line to the City of Long Beach. Queen Mary removed from the British Registry of Ships