Visit to The Queen Mary Ocean Liner at Long Beach, Ca.

This is a video of photos and a short video clip when me (Bill Wolverton) and some friends of mine were visiting the RMS Queen Mary (The old Queen Mary) ocean liner at Long Beach, California on November 9th, 2007. Part of the ship has been converted to a floating hotel and has been docked in Long Beach, Ca. since 1967. The photos I took are of the outside and some of the inside spaces on board the ship and I included a short video clip I took on the promenade deck of a bag piper playing at some wedding event. The engine room area was closed the day I took this video, so, I have no photos or videos of that. The next time I visit the ship, I hope to take more videos. I took over 275 photos of the ship that you can view at http://travel.webshots.com/album/561420791wCuAmQ
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Other specs about the ship.

Overall Length: 1,019.5 ft.
Gross Tonnage: 81,237 gross tons.
Transatlantic Crossings: 1,001
Constructed by: John Brown & Co., LTD., Clydebank, Scotland
Commissioned by: Cunard Steamship Co., LTD.
Keel Laid: December 1, 1930
Date Launched: September 26, 1934
Maiden Voyage: May 27, 1936
Portholes: Over 2,000
Rivets: Over 10 million
Hull Plates: 8 ft. to 30 ft.in length; up to 1.25 in. thick
Moulded Breadth: 118 ft.
Height from Keel to Forward Smokestack Top: 181 ft.
Height from Keel to Promenade Deck: 92.5 ft.
Height from Keel to Top of Foremast: 237 ft.
Number of Decks: 12
Passenger Capacity: 1,957
Officers and Crew: 1,174
Horsepower: 160,000
Cruising Speed: 28.5 knots
Rudder: 140 tons
Whistles: 3 - Steam type. Two on forward funnel, one on middle funnel. Each over 6 ft long, weighing 2,205 LB.
Lifeboat Capacity: 145 persons
Smokestacks: 3 - Elliptical in shape; 36 ft. fore and aft, 23.3 ft. wide
Smokestack Height:
Forward smokestack: 70.5 ft.
Middle smokestack: 67.5 ft.
Aft smokestack: 62.25 ft.
Boilers: 27
Fuel Consumption: 13 ft./gal
Draft: 39 ft. 4-9/16 in.
Bow Anchors: 2 @ 16 tons
Anchor Height: 18 ft.
Length of Promenade Deck: 724 ft.
Length of Anchor Chain: 990 ft.
Weight of Anchor Chain: 45 tons.
Anchor Chain Link: 2 ft.
long, weighing 224 LB.


The new Queen Mary II is of course much larger!

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[randomrazr]

would ahve bene nice if the aquatania or olympic would have been preserved

[Tinsley68]

Really enjoyed your video. hoping to go myself this year!

[noversibirsk]

@randomrazr

o yea the Olympic would have been a great preserved ship, and would have attracted alot of visitors due to its history and for the fans of Titanic

[DCnightcrawler]

A grand old lady and a true OCEAN LINER. The newer cruise ships may be bigger but they cannot imitate the grandeur and elegance of a true liner. The Queen Mary and the Titanic will always be bigger in human memory than any of these newer overstacked Clorox bottles putting to sea today.

[101HeyNow]

large ship, even to todays standars.

[elr456]

I've lived in LB for 17 years and I still haven't visited the Queen Mary. I must go.

[SuperTitanicfreak]

The Promenade Deck of the Queen Mary. I walk those decks, had lunch aboard this ship. Queen Mary is a Gorgeous Liner. Queen Mary is a tribute to the era of Great Ocean Liners.

[piperdave2]

The Bagpiper is David Ibbotson

[piperdave2]

The Bagpiper's name is David Ibbotson he lives in Bellflower, Caifornia. His web is bagpiper.us

[uniquelupiittaahh]

i whent on this 2 days ago !!!!!! it was awsome haha :D

[cchesterchien]

I just visited Queen Mary today. She is a great ship.

[scarletjamable]

Why do the British sell their finest ships abroad to Americans or Dubai like the QE2 was taken to be a top star hotel too?