R.M.S. Queen Mary

R.M.S. Queen Mary. . , R.M.S. Queen Mary has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior - 1993. , Presented by the Queen Mary Foundation on September 26, 1993 on the 59th anniversary of the vessel's launch from Clydebank, Scotland in 1934. , Dedicated to the honor and memory of the Queen Mary and the ship's personnel for safely transporting over 750,000 servicemen and women aboard the Queen Mary during World War II. , Dedicated Veterans Day 2001 by Amvets - American Veterans of world war two, Korea, Vietnam. , Queen Mary Bells , This is the largest of the three bells presented to the Queen Mary by Lloyds of London in 1936. It is 24 inches in diameter, weighs 350 pounds and is made of copper and tin. It originally hung above the crow's nest. On a still day, its F note could be heard a half mile away. The smallest bell, tuned to B flat, hung outside the wheel house. It is 10 inches in diameter and weighs only 30 pounds. This bell sounded ship's time and was repeated by the other two bells in harmony. The last bell, 18 inches in diameter and also tuned to B flat, was lost and later replaced during the ship's career. It was located on the bow and sounded while in heavy fog and when the ship's anchors were in motion. , The Last Great Cruise , October 31 - December 9, 1967 , On the last day of October 1967, the RMS Queen Mary, the world's most famous ocean liner, would leave her native United Kingdom for the last time. Thirty-nine days and 14,500 nautical miles later she would arrive off the Southern California coastline in the cool of the morning of December 9th. An estimated 5,000 boats of all shapes and sizes would be waiting to greet her! Millions of admirers watched from the shores as the liner steamed toward her new home in Long Beach.