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HM Troopship Queen Mary in Sydney, World War II / photographer unknown

from State Library of New South Wales

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  • worldsfair39 said:
    Actually, it's mainly a Hotel. I've visited the Queen Mary many years. There are tours and small museum aspects of the ship but, she's mainly an event location and Hotel. Such a beautiful ship, so glad we have this vessel with it's rich history in Long Beach. As a side note, there's word of the ship receiving a gray coat of primer in preparations to repaint the entire ship. So, for a limited time, she'll be gray just as she was during her service during the war. :-)
  • mambo1935 said:
    majestic!
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    Yes I visited the Queen Mary at Long Beach in 1979 just after my father died. He had travelled around the world in her, and the Queen Elizabeth in World War II as part of the Royal Australian Air Force, sent first to Canada for training, then England and then Asia. I had the ship to myself and saw no other tourists that morning, unbelievably. An incredible and moving visit to one of the two ships whose transport of troops shortened the war. Robert Woodley
  • worldsfair39 said:
    That's a special experience. To walk the decks without seeing any other guests. The Queen Mary is the only example of Cunard history we have today. All others are gone. The Queen Elizabeth was a victim of questionable circumstances in the 70s. She was originally planned to be docked not far from the Mary from what I understand. The Queen Mary has been a victim of poor maintenance, bad management and continuous "band-aids" to rust issues and other stages of decay. It wasn't till recently that the sun deck, and promenade decks have been refurbished. The Observation Bar has undergone a few refurbishments and is beginning to look closer to her original 1936 appearance. With luck, dedication, discipline and money, she'll be spared for another 77 years! :D
  • Frank Tavares said:
    One of the tool pushers at times would yell This here isn' The queen Marie on a offshore drilling platform called The Ocean Ranger

HMT Queen Mary, Sydney Harbour, between 1940-1945

from State Library of New South Wales

HM Troopship QUEEN MARY in Sydney Harbour, May 1940

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons